Residency Requirements

Certificates

Students applying to earn a certificate with 21 credit hours or less are required to earn all credits from Middle Georgia State University. Students applying to earn a certificate with 22 credit hours or more are required to earn a minimum of 25% of the credit hours for the certificate at Middle Georgia State University.

Associate’s Degrees

Students seeking an associate’s degree from Middle Georgia State University are required to earn a minimum of 25% of the credit hours required for the degree earned through instruction offered by the institution awarding the degree. For an associate’s degree that requires 60 credit hours, a minimum of 15 credit hours will be required to be completed at Middle Georgia State University. If the associate’s degree requires more than 60 credit hours, then additional hours will be required in residence at the University to satisfy the 25% minimum.

Baccalaureate Degrees

Students seeking a bachelor’s degree from Middle Georgia State University are required to earn a minimum of 25% of the credit hours required for the degree earned through instruction offered by the institution awarding the degree. For a bachelor’s degree that requires 120 credit hours, a minimum of 30 credit hours will be required to be completed at Middle Georgia State University. If the bachelor’s degree requires more than 120 credit hours, then additional hours will be required in residence at the University to satisfy the 25% minimum.

Credit earned by examination cannot be applied to or included in the residency requirement for the certificate, associate degrees, or the baccalaureate degrees.

Military Waiver Statement

Middle Georgia State University is military friendly to active duty service members. Academic residency is limited to no more than 25% of the degree requirements for all undergraduate degrees for active-duty service members. Academic residency can be completed at any time while active-duty service members are enrolled. Reservists and National Guardsmen on active-duty are covered in the same manner.