Does anyone know approximately how many college credits you will receive for attending 35F AIT?

2018-12-27T18:14:41-05:00

i haven’t finished basic training yet but I’m interested in attending American military university as soon as I can and want to know how many class I need to attend

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 27 at 2018 6:22 PM

2018-12-27T18:22:02-05:00

It was 20 or so when I went thru back in 2012.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 27 at 2018 7:38 PM

2018-12-27T19:38:49-05:00

You haven’t finished basic?

Response by SGT(P) Cody Rieker made Dec 27 at 2018 7:54 PM

2018-12-27T19:54:52-05:00

It was 24 credits for the military intelligence studies program or something like that from cochise college when i went through in 2016.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 27 at 2018 8:16 PM

2018-12-27T20:16:58-05:00

We finished red phase then we got sent on victory block leave sergeant

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 28 at 2018 3:06 AM

2018-12-28T03:06:27-05:00

You don't receive any college credits for AIT or anything in the military unless it is part of an accredited program by a college. What you receive is a "recommendation" for possible credit that your university MAY give you, depending on the university and the degree program you've chosen. Each college has a limit to the maximum number of credits they'll accept in this matter and they are usually only counted as electives, so it's even more limited. For instance, I went to Coastline Community College where they will accept up to 40 credits. My degree was in line with my MOS so I was able to be granted 40 SH of credit because my medic AIT covered the medical classes needed for most of my degree. Conversely, most schools will only grant about 12 SH, or if they grant more, you might not pick a degree where your classes meet the requirements of the degree.
If you go into goarmyed.com you can search for degrees that are aligned to your MOS. Don't get wrapped up about going to AMU, they're not a particularly great school and there are better options for you. It just takes some research.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 28 at 2018 9:12 PM

2018-12-28T21:12:32-05:00

For 35-Series MOSs, the local Cochise College on Fort Huachuca awards direct resident credit for AIT and NCOES schools. It's a preset amount they offer per MOS. Cochise College representatives show up at the early portions of the course and you can voluntarily fill out their enrollment paperwork. Upon completion of the military school, those who signed-up pay the Cochise College representatives about $50 or so and they award a specific amount of resident credit toward their Associate of Applied Science in Intelligence Operations Studies. On the transcript, it's as though you took the classes directly through Cochise College.

I went through 97B (35L) school in 2004 and Cochise College awarded me 20 resident credits (the amount varies per MOS). Later they awarded 10 resident credits for ALC (varies per MOS). Then when it came to transfer credit, they awarded a total of 32 transfer credits from AARTS, which were a combination of Basic Training, Airborne School, WLC, and other AARTS related stuff; some of it overlapped though. Years later after I had already completed the AAS, they awarded another 15 resident credits for completion of SLC (varies per MOS). While the last 15 were worthless toward the already completed AAS, they can still potentially count toward a Bachelor's degree, of which mine did.

SPC Private RallyPoint Member Whatever you do, don't pass up on the credits that Cochise College will offer you on the multiple occasions you will go through there in your career, regardless of the school you are attending at the time. You can still possibly transfer those credits to your current school. It will save you a significant amount of time and money in the long run, as long as you actually finish the degree and progress to another. 20 credits is about 7 classes (3 credits per class), which can be the equivalent to about 14-months of effort once you're at your first active duty unit (if you take consecutive single 8-week classes). Cost-wise, it costs you only about $50 or so (might have changed), versus the common $250 per credit ($5000 for 20 credits) that it costs the the government in usual Tuition Assistance funding. It took me 8-years after finishing AIT to get my priorities together and finish the AAS, but if I hadn't obtained those previous Cochise College credits from AIT and ALC, I would have been SIGNIFICANTLY further behind.

I know many others who are regretting having passed up the opportunity and are making up for it now. While their peers are working on their bachelor's, they are just getting close to finishing an associate's.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 4 at 2019 2:02 PM

2019-01-04T14:02:03-05:00

In 2015 I earned 22 credits from Cochise. (But Like said above- You have to pay the $50 to get the credits)

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 6 at 2019 9:32 AM

2019-01-06T09:32:39-05:00

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 12 at 2019 5:57 PM

2019-01-12T17:57:48-05:00

For 35F AIT, 27 credits specifically. You're basically paying for college credits, however, by giving $50 to Cochise College and in turn you get credits for going through AIT.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 25 at 2019 11:33 PM

2019-09-25T23:33:55-04:00

Cochise college would give you 27 credits for AIT traiming, plus 6 more for BCT.

The enrollment fee is $60 cash