Second Degree
The University of Michigan admits few students who are seeking a second Bachelor’s degree. Instead, we recommend that students continue on in higher education and pursue a Master’s or a Doctoral degree. An exception to this is a second degree in Nursing; please visit the Second Career Nursing Program for more information. For those still wanting to pursue a second undergraduate degree other than Nursing, there are several strict requirements, some of which are:
- At least two years must have passed since the student last attended college.
- The field of study must be radically different from the original degree, (i.e. if the first degree was a BS, the second degree sought must be a BA).
- There must be a specific reason to pursue the degree, such as wanting to obtain this degree in order to gain admittance to graduate school. If you meet these requirements and want to apply for a second degree, you will need to complete a transfer application. You may wish to consider taking only the requisite courses you need to apply to graduate school, and not seek a second undergraduate degree. Please refer to the information regarding our Non-Degree application/program of study. The Non-Degree seeking student takes courses for credit and receives a grade. These courses will appear on an official transcript from the U-M; however, they may not be applied toward fulfilling degree requirements to obtain an undergraduate degree.
If after reading and determining that you meet the above requirements, you want to apply for a second undergraduate degree, you need to complete the application requirements for transfer students.
