Many Schools allow you to use the information you learn on your own towards a degree. You can turn real life learning portfolios, test scores, and prior learning assessments into credit hours.
In order to obtain a degree you must transfer all of your learning credits to an accredited institution. Here are three school that accept some or all credits to be earned before you enroll:
Charter Oak State College
College degree by:
- Transferring credit earned at other colleges with regional accreditation
- Transferring credit from workplace courses that have been approved by the
- American Council on Education
- Transferring credit from military service schools that have been approved by the American Council on Education
- Taking Charter Oak’s online courses
- Passing CLEP or DANTES exams
- Demonstrating life experience through a portfolio assessment
- Completing independent study “contract learning”
Thomas Edison State College
College degree by:
- Transferring credit earned at other colleges with regional accreditation
- Transferring credit from workplace courses that have been approved by the American Council on Education
- Transferring credit from military service schools that have been approved by the American Council on Education
- Transferring credits earned for professional licenses and certificates
- Taking Thomas Edison online courses
- Taking Thomas Edison guided study courses (traditional correspondence courses with email support)
- Passing TECP subject matter examinations
- Demonstrating life experience through a prior learning assessment
Excelsior College
College degree by:
- Transferring credit earned at other colleges with regional accreditation
- Transferring credit from workplace courses that have been approved by the
- American Council on Education
- Transferring credit from military service schools that have been approved by the American Council on Education
- Transferring credits earned for professional licenses and certificates
- Taking Excelsior online courses
- Taking Excelsior instructor-led CD courses
- Passing Excelsior College Exams
- Passing CLEP or DANTES exams
- Demonstrating life experience through a portfolio assessment
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