Official Transcripts

An official transcript is the University's certified statement of your academic record. The official paper transcript is printed on security sensitive paper and contains the University seal and signature of the University Registrar. The official electronic transcript is a PDF secured by a digital certificate which is displayed at the top of the transcript along with a blue ribbon. When requesting your transcript you will have to choose your All Credit (undergraduate, graduate, non-degree, law, medical career) or Non-Credit (CEU units). For your protection, we will not release an official transcript without your signature.

Cost and Processing Time

The official electronic transcript costs $10.00 per transcript set. The official paper transcript costs $15.00 per transcript set. A transcript set includes all levels of course work -- undergraduate, graduate, law, medical and noncredit (if one or more courses have been completed at any of these levels). All Transcripts within the set must be sent, to the same address, at the same time.

Official Academic Transcript orders may take a processing time of 3 to 5 business days to ensure the accuracy of the academic record prior to sending out. Orders requiring more detailed review may take longer than 3 to 5 business days to process. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we actively review requests in the order that we receive them.

After receipt of the email notification for electronic transcripts, the transcript must be retrieved within 30 days.

Situations that may Prevent the Issuing of Transcripts

Important Information about Electronic Transcripts

All Credit Transcripts

Non-Credit Transcripts

Important Information about Paper Transcripts

All Credit Transcripts

Non-Credit Transcripts

How to Order a Transcript

Order Online

Current Student

To order an official transcript online, follow these steps if you are currently or were recently enrolled and if your Penn State Access Account is still active.

  1. Log in to LionPATH.
  2. Go to "Academic Records."
  3. Select "Request Official Transcript."
  4. You will be taken to the Parchment Exchange ordering service. Complete each step of the order form.
  5. If you have a form or document that must be attached to your transcript, you must upload the document in the order process.

Former Student

To order an official transcript online, follow these steps if you were previously enrolled as a student.

  1. Go to the Parchment Exchange ordering service.
  2. Log in using your existing Parchment account or create a new Parchment account.
  3. Complete each step of the order form.
  4. If you have a form or document that must be attached to your transcript, you must upload the document in the order process.

Parent

To order an official transcript online, follow these steps if you are ordering a transcript on behalf of your student.

  1. Go to the Parchment Exchange third-party ordering service.
  2. Choose 'Ordering on Behalf of Someone Else'.
  3. Complete each step of the order form.
  4. During the order process, you must upload a consent signed by the student which grants permission for us to release his or her transcript to you.
  5. If you have a form or document that must be attached to your transcript, you must upload the document in the order process.

Institution/Corporation/Other

To order an official transcript online, follow these steps if you are ordering a transcript on behalf of the student.

  1. Go to the Parchment Exchange third-party ordering service.
  2. Choose 'Ordering on Behalf of Someone Else'.
  3. Complete each step of the order form.
  4. During the order process, you must upload a consent signed by the student which grants permission for us to release his or her transcript to you or to an organization.
  5. If you have a form or document that must be attached to your transcript, you must upload the document in the order process.

Browser Compatibility

We recognize that our visitors have various operating systems and web browsers. While it is our goal to provide every visitor with the best possible experience when ordering a transcript, it is impossible to provide a web application that works identically, efficiently, and effectively with all browsers and settings. Therefore, our Parchment transcript ordering service is designed and tested to work best with the most current versions of the major desktop/laptop web browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Apple Safari).

While you still can access the transcript ordering application using other browsers and versions, you may notice that certain functions and displays do not run the way they were intended. To review which browsers are supported for ordering a transcript, please visit the Parchment supported browsers overview. There, you also will find resources to identify which browser (and which version) you currently are using and to update your browser if necessary.

Order In Person

To order an official transcript in person, visit the Office of the University Registrar counter located in 112 Shields Building on the University Park campus.