Dual Credit

For prospective college students who want to save time and money, dual credit is vital. Dual credit can satisfy 75% or 90 units toward your degree. However, before you start dual credit courses, choose a college and a major that will accept a generous amount of dual credit from different credit providers. Colleges have different transfer credit policies. 

College Credit as Dual Credit

The most established way to earn dual credit is for high school students to take classes at junior colleges and earn high school credit along with traditional college credit. 

Alternative Dual Credit

Colleges also give credit for non-traditional learning outside college classrooms, called "alternative credit." Advanced Placement(AP) tests taken during high school are a well-known example of alternative dual credit. Alternative dual credit earned from testing or course study significantly increases credit options for homeschooled students because this credit can be placed on both the high school and college transcripts.

The advantages of alternative credit programs are that they have no age restrictions, are self-paced studies, and have much lower costs than college tuition. All that is required to earn these credits is an ID, a payment, and a passing score or grade.

Note to International Students: Alternative college credit can be earned outside the United States.

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