If you have a high school diploma or a General Equivalency Diploma (GED), you can apply to any of FIT’s associate degree programs. Upon completion of an associate’s degree, you can go on to earn a bachelor’s degree at FIT. This unique process allows you to build a solid foundation comprised of general skills within your first two years, and then specialize or delve deeper in your chosen field within your second two years. If you have a sufficient number of credits, or a degree from another college, you may be eligible for entry into a bachelor's degree program, or an accelerated one-year associate’s degree program; see below.

If you are a high school student:

• High school students should apply to an associate's degree program (AAS). You may not apply directly to a bachelor's degree program (BS or BFA).

If you have an AAS from FIT:

• You may apply to an appropriate bachelor's degree program.

If you have credits or a degree from another college, you may be considered for an accelerated one-year AAS degree program if you meet the following criteria by the time you enroll at FIT:

• You hold a bachelor’s degree or 30 transferable credits from a regionally accredited college that satisfy FIT’s AAS liberal arts requirements and, for Art and Design applicants, you must present a strong portfolio.

You may apply to a bachelor's degree program as a transfer student if you meet one of the following criteria by the time you enroll at FIT:

• You must possess an associate’s or bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college in a program that is equivalent to FIT's associate's degree program in that area.

• You will have earned at least 60 credits toward a bachelor's degree in an equivalent program at a regionally accredited college.

A college program is equivalent if it contains the same major area and liberal arts distribution as the FIT AAS program. Applicants from college programs that are not equivalent must apply to the AAS program. Please review the eligibility requirements for your specific major.

Please note that FIT AAS students receive priority admissions consideration.