How Credit Transfer Works
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How Does Credit Transfer Work?
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Each Partner College’s page on our website has a chart showing the StraighterLine courses that will transfer and their course equivalents. |
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For colleges and universities listed on the ACE CREDIT website, StraighterLine college-level courses should transfer but every school has the discretion to accept credit for ACE CREDIT recommendations as it sees fit so check your target school’s policies beforehand. |
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StraighterLine courses may transfer but require a separate course review. Because it can be time-consuming many colleges resist these reviews even when they are for courses already widely validated and recommended. |
Transferring college credit is a common path for those earning a college degree with nearly 60% of “traditional age” students (18-24 year olds) attending more than one institution.
Common examples of credit transfer include credit for community college coursework and college-to-college course transfer and things like military training, work training, and credit-by-exam. The receiving institution decides what transfer credit it will accept, typically through the admissions or registrar’s office.
Transferring college credit is still not as easy or clear as it should be. Institutions vary in how they evaluate credits, who makes the decisions and when and how quickly they make those decisions. Because a decision not to accept transfer credit means more tuition to that college it is easy to be cynical about the process.
