Undergraduate Student Class Levels

Class levels for students at the University of Cincinnati are determined based upon a student’s academic program and the total number of credit hours accumulated (total transfer hours plus UC hours earned) at the start of the quarter.

A student’s class is determined as follows:

	Credit Hour Threshold
Academic Programs	Freshman	Sophomore	Pre-Junior	Junior	Senior
Associate degrees offered	0 - 44.5	45+	na	na	na
Baccalaureate degrees (non-coop)	0 - 44.5	45 - 89.5	na	90 - 134.5	135+
Social Work	na	na	na	0 - 134.5	135+
Baccalaureate degrees (coop)
Engineering	0 - 44.5	45 - 74.5	75 - 104.5	105 - 134.5	135+
Design and Planning	0 - 44.5	45 - 89.5	90 - 119.5	120 - 149.5	150+
Non-degree undergraduate	0 - 44.5	45 - 89.5	na	90 - 134.5	135+