Two bachelor's degrees, same credits?

[Clepper43]

Ok - maybe a no brainer question but wondering:

You transfer credits into College A, complete degree requirements, graduate.

Later you want a different degree at College B. Can you transfer in the same credits you used to obtain first degree and earn second degree? (after fulfilling outstanding courses required?)

Let's say both schools are high transfer schools. I'm thinking how would College B know you already got a degree from College A? Is it some kind of fraud lol.

Thanks!

[ROYISAGIRL]

Ok - maybe a no brainer question but wondering:

You transfer credits into College A, complete degree requirements, graduate.

Later you want a different degree at College B. Can you transfer in the same credits you used to obtain first degree and earn second degree? (after fulfilling outstanding courses required?)

Let's say both schools are high transfer schools. I'm thinking how would College B know you already got a degree from College A? Is it some kind of fraud lol.

Thanks!

It depends on the school. Some schools will take the gen. Ed. Courses while you complete the AOS.

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[rachel83az]

They do have a way to check if you already have a degree. If you do, they'll likely demand a transcript from the school that awarded the degree. Then, you have to do 20-30 new credits to get the new degree; depending on the school. It makes more sense to either play by the rules with the 2nd bachelor's or else just get a master's.

[ss20ts]

Not exactly. If College B accepts your credits, you can transfer in however many they accept. You'll still need to complete x number of courses through them typically. Most schools will require an additional 30 credits of upper level coursework after you complete your first bachelor's degree. Yes, colleges already know when you have a degree conferred. It's on your transcripts and in the student clearing house. You're usually better off going for a master's degree.

[nomaduser]

This is possible... but you'll need more credits for College B.

[bjcheung77]

All Regionally Accredited community colleges and universities are part of the National Student Clearing House, they will have a copy of all colleges you have attended.  As a side note, SOME Nationally Accredited and Internationally Accredited schools are also on this clearing house as they also target the US market.  Having said that, yes, you can take all the courses from College A, transfer them to College B, and almost be done with the degree.  

Requirements for each school may differ slightly, here's an example, if I take a Business Management degree at Penn Foster and all their courses are ACE recommended for credit, you can transfer that to an RA school such as COSC if it meets all the requirements for the degree and be complete with your COSC BSBA by taking the final 6 credits from COSC - their cornerstone and capstone.  But why would you want duplicating degrees?

Again, this is possible, but if it was me, I would rather use the money from the cost of paying tuition for the cornerstone/capstone into say an MBA from Walden since they've got a 50% off the life of their program right now for many degree programs that they are offering.

[videogamesrock]

You can request that your school place a FERPA block. You'll purge from the NSC in two months. Or you can place the block upon enrollment and you'll avoid the database.


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[ss20ts]

You can request that your school place a FERPA block. You'll purge from the NSC in two months. Or you can place the block upon enrollment and you'll avoid the database.


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Your transcripts will still show that a degree has been conferred.

[videogamesrock]

You can request that your school place a FERPA block. You'll purge from the NSC in two months. Or you can place the block upon enrollment and you'll avoid the database.


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Your transcripts will still show that a degree has been conferred.

I think OP is saying they would like to double dip which one can with a FERPA block.


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[Seagull]

All Regionally Accredited community colleges and universities are part of the National Student Clearing House, they will have a copy of all colleges you have attended.  As a side note, SOME Nationally Accredited and Internationally Accredited schools are also on this clearing house as they also target the US market.  Having said that, yes, you can take all the courses from College A, transfer them to College B, and almost be done with the degree.  

Requirements for each school may differ slightly, here's an example, if I take a Business Management degree at Penn Foster and all their courses are ACE recommended for credit, you can transfer that to an RA school such as COSC if it meets all the requirements for the degree and be complete with your COSC BSBA by taking the final 6 credits from COSC - their cornerstone and capstone.  But why would you want duplicating degrees?

Again, this is possible, but if it was me, I would rather use the money from the cost of paying tuition for the cornerstone/capstone into say an MBA from Walden since they've got a 50% off the life of their program right now for many degree programs that they are offering.

Why everybody always worry about how people want to spend their money? A second degree is a second degree. It can be in a total different area from the first one and applicable towards a different career. A master degree can only build upon the type of bachelor degree he or she already has so pretty much useless if a person wants to change career. And much more expensive as well.