Find College Credit by Subject
Type 1: Excellent Transferability
Excellent transferability means that nearly all regionally accredited
colleges in the country will accept these sources of credit when transfer credit is allowed. Pursue credit in this category with confidence.
- (1) College-Based Dual Enrollment
- (2) Arizona State University’s Universal Learner Program
- (3) Outlier (legitimate credit laundering to University of Pittsburgh)
- (4) Wescott Courses (credit laundering to UMassGlobal)
- (5) Summer School
- (6) Winter Break, Minimesters, Accelerated Terms
- (*) Olivet Nazarene University: free college credit <–high school grads only
Type 2: Good Transferability
Good transferability means at least half of all regionally accredited colleges accept this credit regularly and are familiar with this resource. You can generally find a specific college’s acceptance policy for credit in this category on their website or catalog. Credit in
this category can be pursued with confidence, though limits usually apply.
- (7) Advanced Placement Exam (AP) (approx. 85% of colleges)
- (8) College Level Exam Program (CLEP) (approx. 76% of colleges)
- (9) DSST/DANTES Exams (approx. 50% of colleges)
Type 3: Limited Transferability: ACE CREDIT
Limited transferability means fewer than 200 regionally accredited
colleges accept this credit regularly. Pursue credit in this category when the company has a partnership with your target college, or if college credit-earning isn’t the only priority ex. taking for high school credit or personal interest.
The “Real” List of ACE Partner Colleges
- (10) ALEKS Corporation—McGraw Hill (ACE)
- (11) removed
- (12) Saylor Academy (ACE & NCCRS)
- (13) Sophia (ACE)
- (14) Straighterline (ACE)
- (15) Study.com (ACE)
- (16) removed
- (17) Workplace Training (ACE)
- (18) GED Exam (ACE)
- (19) The Institutes for Statistics Education (ACE)
- (20) SeeMore Impact Labs (formerly CSM Learn)
- (21) Penn Foster College (limited to ACE courses only)
Type 4: Limited to Improbable Transferability: NCCRS Credit
Improbable transfer means it is unlikely that a regionally accredited
college without a partnership agreement will award college credit. Credit in this category should not be assumed. Award high school credit instead.
- (22) Coopersmith Career Consulting (NCCRS)
- (23) Davar Academy (NCCRS)
- (*) OnlineDegree.com (NCCRS) <–must be 18+
- (24) Law Shelf (coming soon)
Type 5: Transferability Varies / Special Transfer
Special transfer means that the business formally entered an agreement
with one or more colleges to guarantee transfer credit. The special
transfer is unique because inside of a special transfer agreement, pursue
credit in this type of agreement with confidence. That same credit, outside
of a special transfer agreement is not guaranteed and will almost
always default into the limited or improbable transfer category.
- (25) Foreign Language Exams – Advanced Placement, CLEP, ACTFL, NYU-FLP
- (26) Prior Learning Assessments (PLA)
- (27) edX & Coursera MOOC
- (28) Religious MOOC (Hillsdale College, Brigham Young University)
- (29) UExcel Exams—Excelsior College Exams PROGRAM ENDING JUNE 30, 2022
- (30) TECEP Exams – Thomas Edison Credit by Exam Program
- (*) Christian Leaders College – free college credit to use at Liberty University
Currently not recommended
These programs /companies/products were once on the “recommended” list but are currently NOT recommended by HS4CC to high school families for any one of many specific reasons, including but not limited to: credit recommendation expiration, misrepresentation of credit transfer, misrepresentation of college partnerships, loss of college partnerships, misrepresentation of fees or services, or closure of the business.
- College Plus
- Gateway Education
- InstantCert Courses
- Lumerit
- National Fire Academy
- Pearson Accelerated Pathways
- Shmoop
- TEL Learning
- Texas Engineering Extension Service
- TOR Academy
- Unbound / Be Unbound
- Verity College Education
Homeschooling for College Credit 