![]() ![]() ![]() RULE 1: Don’t assume colleges on the ACE Network list will award your teen college credit for their ACE courses.Īs I appealed my son’s credit decision, I grew frustrated with advisor after advisor who didn’t know what ACE was or what kind of credit he’d earned. I decided to probe deeper (they were on the list, after all!) and found that our local community college offered a carpentry course through the continuing education (non-credit) department, and successful completion of that course led to 3 ACE credits in carpentry. In other words, our community college was on the list because they taught a course that generated ACE credit, not because they awarded credit for ACE work. What does it mean to be part of the ACE Network?Īs I found out with my oldest son in 2013, being a part of the ACE Network does NOT mean that the college will review ACE credit for you- it might mean that they teach it! Our local community college is on the list, so imagine my surprise when they denied 27 of my son’s ACE credits in transfer (ALEKS math and Straighterline). In some cases, colleges appear on that list because they issue ACE credit for their own courses – that’s not the same thing! Being in the network does not mean they award credit. In no way, shape, or form do 2,000 colleges award credit for ACE. Colleges in this category will vary and may not have the right accreditation for many occupations.Ģ,000 colleges are part of the “ ACE Network” which ACE publishes the list of colleges who will “consider” your work for college credit. My estimation is fewer than 250 fall into this category. Some colleges will accept some “ACE credit” but don’t go so far as to say “all” and will consider, but not guarantee, acceptance. If you’ve heard people talking about “The Big 3” they are in this category and used widely among homeschool families because you can DIY an entire degree at home these schools and they are Regionally Accredited (the gold standard) so they represent the best option to craft a degree from scratch DIY style: My estimation is that there are fewer than 25 colleges who take “all” your ACE credit. The big thing to pay attention to in this category are the golden few who have guaranteed partnership agreements with colleges. ![]() The number of colleges in this category is very small. Some collegeswill accept “all ACE credit” – that is to say, if your credit appears on an ACE transcript, they will give you college credit. As such, knowing where you can use ACE credit is the million-dollar question. Some ACE credit is free, some are exceptionally low cost (under $10 per credit), and even the most expensive ACE credit is almost less than what you’ll pay for rack rate tuition at your local college. If you can find a college that accepts ACE credit, you can REALLY save some serious tuition costs. Most of the time these classes are “worth” college credit because their curriculum or exam has been evaluated by a third party called ACE American Council on Education.ĪCE is the largest and primary evaluator of workplace learning, military training, credit by exam (CLEP, AP) and every other kind of alternative credit in the United States. So what makes these non-college classes worth college credit? Non-college-issued credit comes from many places – we even have a list of 30 ways to earn college credit in high school, and most of them don’t come from a college. ![]() I have a “real” list that’s more accurate. College credit that doesn’t come from a college? Yep! It’s a thing- but where can you use it? The ACE College List isn’t the best list to use. ![]()
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