Application Process

 

Questions? Contact Admissions.


enroll@york.edu
402-363-5627

Step-By-Step Guide for Undergraduate Admissions


1. Complete Your Free Application

Your next chapter starts at York University! Complete our quick, FREE online application, and your admissions counselor will help you through the steps ahead. If you're an international student go here to apply. 

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2. Submit Your Transcripts

Send us the transcripts required for your application: 

  • First-year students: Submit your official high school transcript.
  • Transfer students: Submit your official transcripts from every college or university you have attended, including online coursework and schools where you withdrew or did not complete credit hours.
  • Transfer students with fewer than 28 earned credit hours: Also submit your official high school transcript showing proof of graduation.

Transfers with 28 or more earned credit hours generally do not need to submit a high school transcript, although one may be requested for financial aid purposes.

Request that your high school send official transcripts to York University. All required official documents must be received before final acceptance can be granted.

Transcript Request Form

 

3. Meet Admission Requirements and Submit Test Scores if Required

To be accepted unconditionally, you will need to meet our admission requirements.

To be accepted unconditionally, student must meet these requirements:

  • Minimum of a 2.8 or higher (based on a 4.0 scale), or
  • Minimum of a 2.0 GPA (based on a 4.0 scale), and 
  • Minimum ACT score of 18 or an SAT score of 970.
  • ACT Code: 2484
  • SAT Code: 6984
  • Sub-scores in Math and English below requirement may require assigned level courses 

Homeschooled students and GED graduates: Contact your admissions counselor to confirm the documents and test scores required for your application. GED graduates must submit ACT or SAT scores. 

27 earned college credit hours or less:​

  • Proof of high school graduation
  • ACT or SAT scores may also be required. 
  • Minimum of a 1.6 cumulative GPA from all college transcripts

28-59 earned college credit hours:

  • Minimum of a 1.8 cumulative GPA from all college transcripts

60+ earned college credit hours:

  • Minimum of a 2.0 cumulative GPA from all college transcripts

If you do not meet the standard admission requirements: Eligible applicants with complete official records may be reviewed by the Acceptance Committee for conditional acceptance. Conditional acceptance places a student on academic probation and may include course load and activity restrictions. Your admissions counselor will explain the review process and any requirements that apply.

 

4. Complete FAFSA Application or Submit a Waiver

Applying for Federal Financial Aid can seem overwhelming, so we've broken down the important steps for you in the link below. If you have any questions, please contact the financial aid offices at 402-363-5625 or financialaid@york.edu.

Note: You are not required to submit a FAFSA however, you will need to complete a waiver form through the Financial Aid Office. Please contact your admissions counselor or the Financial Aid Office.
 
 How to Apply for fafsa

 

5. Pay Enrollment Fee & Reserve Housing

Once you've been accepted, the next step is to pay your $150 enrollment fee. 

$100 of this fee is fully refundable until May 1 (or December 1 if you are enrolling in the spring). This fee will allow you to reserve your housing, register for classes, and get your York University email credentials.

After completing your payment, you will receive an email from your admissions counselor with directions to complete our housing form. Once you have submitted the form, we’ll reserve your room in one of our residence halls or campus apartments.

NOTE: Even if you are not living in on-campus housing, the $150 enrollment fee is required to enroll at York University. PAY ENROLLMENT FEE

 

6. Review and Accept Your Financial Aid Package



Once you're Final Accepted, you will need to accept your financial aid package. You will work through your Net Partner account for each step. If forms are required to be completed, then simply complete, sign, and return them to York University by emailing  financialaid@york.edu or by mail to:

York University
c/o Laurie Briggs
1125 E. 8th St. 
York, NE 68467

 

7. Register for Classes

You're almost ready to become a YU Panther! Once you have been  accepted and paid your enrollment fee, and met registration requirements, your admissions counselor will help you register when registration opens.

Contact your admissions counselor or call 402.363.5327 for help completing your file and preparing for registration. 
 

 

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