Apply your previous college, work, or military experience toward your degree to save time and money.
With our flexible transfer credit policies, you can earn your undergraduate or graduate degree on a fast track. We accept many kinds of transfer credit. You can even earn credit for what you've learned on the job or in the military. At the end of the day, we focus on helping busy professionals like you earn the credit you deserve so you can graduate sooner, save money, and prepare for your next success. As the #1 public university for transfer students, we understand your needs and know how to get you the most credit for your past learning.
Fast Paths to Credit
Busy professionals have lots of options to create fast paths to a degree at UMGC. We recognize that college-level learning happens in many places outside of the classroom—whether it's on the job, in the military, or through life or volunteer experiences.
FAQs
Get answers to questions that prospective and students are asking about transfer credit, prior learning, work experience, and more.
At the undergraduate level, UMGC offers a variety of alternative paths to credit, including credit for prior learning, which allows you to earn credit via Course Challenge and Portfolio. We also offer a way to earn credit for Workplace Learning, which involves setting up a learning agreement with your employer and a faculty mentor and submitting academic assignments related to your Workplace Learning experience.
Depending on your course of study and your experience, you may be able to earn undergraduate credit for prior management experience. You'll want to talk with an advisor about your options, such as enrolling in Portfolio coursework and documenting and certifying the college-level learning you earned on the job.
UMGC offers students ways to earn college credit for some life experiences. Talk with an advisor to see which option or options may be right for you.
At UMGC, we are proud to have served the U.S. military since 1949 and to offer active-duty military servicemembers and veterans ways to earn credit for their service to our nation. We grant credit for study completed in service schools and in Military Occupational Specialties on the basis of recommendations made in the American Council on Education Military Guide. Other paths to credit, like our Prior Learning and Workplace Learning options, are also open to military servicemembers and veterans.
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