Military Transfer Credits for Higher Education; How much do you receive?

SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:27:32 -0500

I am just curious if there are any others out there (38B in this case) who have dealt with getting transfer credits for military experience. I am going back to school for the first time since joining over 7 years ago, and was surprised to see my 7 years compiled into 3 credits of Army Leadership and 6 credits of Health and Wellness. Civil Affairs has not been reviewed by ACE/JST and says to have credit awarded by individual assessment. I brought this up with my academic advisor and they are having me do a "prior learning assessment". It sounds to me like this requires me to put together a portfolio for review, which will be considered to get additional credits for non-college experience. Has anyone else had better luck with getting credit for military training or is this typically all that is granted??

Response by MSG Nate Davey made Jan 31 at 2015 12:16 AM

MSG Nate Davey — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:16:06 -0500

Zero. Doing engineering, all elective credits are engineering electives.

Response by SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 10 at 2015 8:51 PM

SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:51:32 -0500

So, it looks like I was successful in getting the college to reevaluate my military experience for college credits, but they want me to send in a "detailed traditional resume that contains the theory and knowledge of my military job".

Any leads on someone who may be able to help complete/review something like this?

Response by GySgt Bill Smith made Mar 10 at 2016 4:26 PM

GySgt Bill Smith — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:26:59 -0500

Depends on the school you are wanting to attend. Civilians think the only military training we receive is how to shoot stuff and blow stuff up (learned mostly from movies). I laughed when I had to take a "culture class" for my degree, which consisted of reading a book and watching a movie. I have 3 deployments were I was embedded with the locals and held meetings with tribal leaders lol, but I "needed" a culture class lol.

Response by SSgt Jeremy Creason made Jun 15 at 2017 1:40 PM

SSgt Jeremy Creason — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:40:36 -0400

At American Military University, we will request a copy of your Joint Services Transcript (JST) upon completion of your online application and orientation. We will provide as much credit towards your program as possible, up to 46 credits for an Associate’s program and 91 credits for a Bachelor’s program. The application of military credits towards a civilian degree can often vary based on the selected program of study and the service member’s military specialty. Often times, military credits that cannot be applied to fulfill a major or core requirement in the program will be assigned as general elective credits. Degrees that are closely associated with the military specialty will generally have more options for applying earned military credit towards the degree program chosen. For more information about AMU, please visit: http://www.amuonline.com/rallypoint.

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Response by SGT Thomas Hudson made Jun 23 at 2017 3:41 AM

SGT Thomas Hudson — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 03:41:33 -0400

I WAS FIRST RATED AT 68 CREDIT HOURS BUT AFTER THE REVIEW BOARD WAS AWARED A TOTAL OF 78 CREDITS ( 13 F 13 E 12 D 11B 11 X 94 D AS WELL AS 5 OTHER SCHOOLS )

Response by SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM made Sep 9 at 2019 12:08 PM

SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:08:31 -0400

35 hours!