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Bridges Program

Columbia Basin College

From a Hawk to a Coug

In partnership with Columbia Basin College, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï offers the Bridges Transfer Program that will save you money in tuition and ensures you will graduate on-time.

White lines creating the shape of a bridge on a blue and crimson gradient background. Text reads "Bridges From a Hawk to a Coug" with the Columbia Basin College and Washington State University Tri-Cities logos below it.

Benefits

No-cost transfer process

No costs for your transfer application or to access official community college transcripts to transfer to ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï

Graduate in minimal time

Know what courses you will take from your first year in the program, preventing issues with credits transferring

Save money

Tuition is frozen from their first semester enrolled at ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï

Steps to complete

1. Ensure you meet Bridges program eligibility (listed below)

2. Complete the 

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4.ÌýMeet WSU admission standards

5.ÌýApply to ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï

6. Meet regularly with your CBC Counselor and ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Bridges Transfer Advisor

7. Remain in good academic standing at CBC

Plans of study

The Bridges Program plans of study take the guesswork out of deciding which classes are needed to achieve your degree. Use the plans of study with your community college counselor and the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï transfer admissions counselor to help you successfully navigate toward the degree of your choice.

Program Guidelines

Bridges Program Eligibility

The Bridges Program is for students who plan to start their education at Columbia Basin College (CBC) or Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC) and finish at Washington State University Tri-Cities (ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï). This program is intended for students who have earned less than 45 quarter credits in community college with a 2.0 or higher cumulative GPA.

CBC students should be in the process of completing a Director Transfer Agreement Associate Degree (DTA).

Admission to ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï and Degree Programs

Some degree programs require a separate application from the general WSU admissions application and may require that students are admitted to both the college and the program before taking classes.

Participating in the Bridges Program cannot guarantee acceptance in ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï and/or admissions into a respective degree program.

Connect with the Bridges transfer advisor

The Bridges Program was great! The first time I met with a counselor, they told me exactly what I needed to do to get into the teaching program at ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï. They were transparent, structured, straight-forward, and that’s what I liked in a program. Even the transition from graduating at ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï and being accepted into a top university in another country was extremely easy. In order for me to carry my teaching license from Washington State over to British Columbia, Canada, all I had to take was one Canadian History Course.

Brandyn Van Sant
CBC and ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï alumnus

Associate in Arts & Sciences from Columbia Basin College, 2010
Bachelors in Education from ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï, 2012
Masters of Education Technology from University of British Columbia, 2020

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