Bridges Program
Columbia Basin College
In partnership with Columbia Basin College, ºÚÁÏÉç Tri-Cities offers the Bridges Transfer Program that will save you money in tuition and ensures you will graduate on-time.
Benefits
No-cost transfer process
No costs for your transfer application or to access official community college transcripts to transfer to ºÚÁÏÉç Tri-Cities
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 ºÚÁÏÉç Tri-Cities
Steps to complete
1. Ensure you meet Bridges program eligibility (listed below)
2. Complete theÂ
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4.ÌýMeet ºÚÁÏÉç admission standards
5.ÌýApply to ºÚÁÏÉç Tri-Cities
6. Meet regularly with your CBC Counselor and ºÚÁÏÉç Tri-Cities 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 ºÚÁÏÉç Tri-Cities 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 (ºÚÁÏÉç Tri-Cities). 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 ºÚÁÏÉç Tri-Cities and Degree Programs
Some degree programs require a separate application from the general ºÚÁÏÉç 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 ºÚÁÏÉç Tri-Cities 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 ºÚÁÏÉç Tri-Cities. They were transparent, structured, straight-forward, and that’s what I liked in a program. Even the transition from graduating at ºÚÁÏÉç Tri-Cities 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 ºÚÁÏÉç Tri-Cities alumnus
Associate in Arts & Sciences from Columbia Basin College, 2010
Bachelors in Education from ºÚÁÏÉç Tri-Cities, 2012
Masters of Education Technology from University of British Columbia, 2020