Has anyone received college credit for military experience? If so, how did that process work for you?

Upon retiring from the army I enrolled at troy state university in Alabama. I received 32 credit hours from tsu. They were added to the back of my bachelor degree. So I graduated with a bachelor of science degree in law enforcement
I had a total of 180 degree credit hours. My recommendation for anyone wanting to pursue a degree that would be a rewarding career outside the military is to consider what you want to do and then find out what degree would be compatible to that field. However with changing technology and requirements don't get your degree to soon or it will be outdated by the time you retire. Another point is check out the university or school you want to attend and read it's accreditation. Google it and find out the alumni are saying about the school.

I did for my undergrad. It was a simple process as part of the application. I gave them all the paperwork and they gave me 13 credits. Not a lot, but it saved a few dollars on gym class and electives.

At the college I went to the VA rep helped me with my military experience documents. Got my Associates in half. The time it normally takes.

I got about 15 credit hours covered for my Master's Degree from my MICCC course.

I have my degree- saved me a lot of money as it covered many electives, lower level management, and a few classes within my field of study. I went with a General Studies degree- with a concentration in business. Has helped me tremendously in my career.

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Yes. I used them when I first started college to earn an AA degree. It's been 20 years (so not sure of new info), but I provided my SMART transcript to the college. Their counselors reviewed my ACE approved credits and determined which ones would apply toward courses mandatory for my degree. (most were undergrad level) It saved me a lot of time. Good luck.

The Air Force is a little different than the other branches. I used several credits for both my A.S. and my first B.S. degree from my military training.

All of the branches except for the Air Force use the Joint Service Transcript (JST), https://jst.doded.mil/, but the different higher level in-service schools (ILE, Command and General Staff, etc.) each have transcripts of their own as well.

The Air Force you have to obtain transcripts from either the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF), The Air University, or The Air Force Institute of Technology.
https://www.airuniversity.af.mil/Barnes/CCAF/Display/Article/803247/community-college-of-the-air-force-transcripts/
https://www.airuniversity.af.mil/Academic-Affairs/Registrar/
https://www.afit.edu/ALUMNI/

As SSgt (Join to see) stated, the VMET (Verification of Military Experience and Training), is a useful tool, but is not an official transcript. I recommend using it in preparation for either a portfolio review or assessment of credit for lifetime learning/experiential learning. It may sound like something a diploma mill would use, but nearly all regionally accredited universities have some form of credit for prior learning review.
https://www.dodtap.mil/login.html

All civilian schools, at least reputable ones, will require an official transcript submitted directly to the school registrar, unless doing some form of the above listed review.

Good luck in your endeavors, Capt Brandon Charters .

Capt Brandon Charters I submitted my SMART transcript and my JST to the MBA Program director at the university. I got a whooping 6 undergraduate credits for my advanced course (Logistics Management) and nothing else.

The school has all the leverage. They decided what is accepted and what isn't. The ugly side, universities and colleges have minimum contacts hour requirements, maximum transfer credit policies, and they make their money by you taking their classes. There are exceptions where schools make their money by accepting your credits and hammering them into a degree.

The ACE evaluation is a guide. There are a few on RP that are academics that are part of the ACE evaluation process. Hope they chime in.

Sir,

I haven't done this personally yet, however I know a good bit of guys that have. Most of them have just enrolled into a college in the education center, take one or two classes and then have their JST's sent to that college. The college evaluates them and then gives them credit, I believe its generally in the electives portion but I'm not 100% sure on that. Majority of the colleges that you find in the education center should be very familiar with the process though.

The process is quite simple sir, if you search for your joint service transcript and send a official copy to the school you are registered with they will take your ACE evaluated credits and translate them to whatever they have that is similar. If they do not have that specific class they often do elective credits. The real question I have regarding this is what classes can I find in the military that would be the equivalent to graduate level credits. I know that ACE has them just finding the military courses seems to be the real question.