Registrar

The Registrar’s Office provides students with a wealth of information and services that help them navigate the educational landscape at Maria.  Below are some helpful links students can use to access information and complete a variety of administrative tasks.  Paper-based forms may be faxed to the Registrar’s Office.

Course Schedule
View the schedule of classes for the semester.

Web Services
Register for classes using web services.  A user name and password are required.  Students may also use web services to view their academic history, tuition and fee charges, financial aid funds and degree audit.

Registrar Forms
All forms for the Registrar’s Office can be found here.

Transfer of Credit Policy
Maria College will accept transfer credit for courses taken at other accredited institutions of higher education provided:

• The course is required for the student’s enrolled degree or certificate   program at Maria College.
• The course content of the course to be transferred is equivalent to the course content of the course required at Maria College.
• The course level of the course to be transferred must be equivalent to the course level of the course required at Maria College.
• The course length, credit hours, and contact hours of the course to be transferred is equivalent to the course length, credit hours, and contact hours of the course required at Maria College.
• Transfer credit may only be granted once for any given course.
• A grade of “C” or better has been earned (at least 2.0 on a 4.0 grading scale).

Requesting Transcripts from Maria College
A transcript is a complete official academic record for the period of time enrolled showing courses taken, credits hours earned, grades received, semester and overall grade point averages as well as degrees and certificates conferred at Maria College.   All transcripts are printed on security paper, bears the signature of the Registrar and the seal of the institution.

Requests for transcripts must be in writing with the signature of the student indicating consent for release of the record.  There is no charge for transcripts.  Transcripts can be mailed or provided over the counter but cannot be faxed.  We are not able to provide information contained in the transcript over the phone.  Maria College does not issue unofficial transcripts.  However, recent students are able to view their unofficial record through Web Services.

Transcript requests can be mailed to or picked up in person:

Maria College
Registrar, Main Building, Room 100
700 New Scotland Avenue Albany, NY 12208

Or requests may be faxed to: (518) 453-1366

The Records Request Form can be found at Records Request Form.

Degree Verification
Maria has authorized the National Student Clearinghouse to provide degree verification.  The company’s contact information is as follows:

National Student Clearinghouse
2300 Dulles Station Boulevard, Suite 300
Herndon, Virginia 20171

Phone: (703) 742-4200
Fax: (703) 742-4239
E-mail: service@studentclearinghouse.org
Web: www.studentclearinghouse.org or www.degreeverify.com