block transfer into APUS

[cookderosa]

I found an interesting gem over at APUS. Apparently, they will accept an associates degree as a block transfer into their bachelor's programs.

What does that mean? It means that if you complete your AA/AS at any of the community colleges listed, they automatically credit you with 60 credits (years 1 and 2).

Why is this good? Because typically, block transfers only happen in-state. So if you completed your community college degree in your home town (today or years ago) you could get a block transfer into one or more participating universities in your state (and sometimes neighbor state).
It is highly unusual for a university to award block transfers from community colleges nationally. *note- the big 3 do not award block transfers

What does this mean for me? If you look at the list, and find your state's community college listed, you should investigate their AA/AS requirements. This will likely be the CHEAPEST way to earn an AA/AS degree. Many community colleges charge less than $100 per credit. Community Colleges also are regionally accredited (top) and can award Pell Grants (free money) to those who qualify. With an AA/AS in one of the block agreements, you can take your degree over to APUS and work on your BA/BS.

Is this better than the big 3? That depends on a million things, your mileage may vary. APUS has an incredibly generous transfer policy (90 credits toward 120) and accepts all CLEP, AP, DSST, ECE, TECEP, ACE, etc..... making it possible to use many accelerated means of completing your degree. The 30 "in residence" (online) credits are shorter than most (8 weeks) and you can enroll in multiple courses at a time. In my opinion, most people could complete the remaining 2 years in 1 year or less. Additionally, they have a zillion undergraduate certificates, that if planned well, will give you an undergraduate certificate IN ADDITION TO your degree for the same money.

So- fastest, shortest, cheapest? Too many variables to say, however, if your community college is listed, it's worth checking out!

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Block Transfer Agreements
APUS is proud to work within our students’ communities and provide the opportunity for community college graduates to seamlessly continue their post-secondary educational pursuits by enrolling in one of our bachelor’s degree programs. As part of this effort, APUS has established partnerships in education for transfer credit with many community colleges, whereby graduates from our partner institutions possessing an associate degree may transfer in as a block all the credit earned in achieving their degree.

Students participating in a block transfer agreement:

have their conferred degree applied as a block toward their APUS bachelor's degree, with the student receiving the same number of semester hours of transfer credit as were required for their conferred degree.

are eligible based on their conferred degree from our partner institution, regardless of where they completed all of their previous coursework to earn the degree.

do not go through a traditional course-by-course evaluation of their coursework and therefore will not be subject to lose credit in transfer from their conferred degree.

have all of the general education requirements of their APUS bachelor's degree program fulfilled.

instantly attain junior status with APUS.

Below is a list of partner institutions with which APUS currently has block transfer agreements in place. Please click on the school name to see the details of the corresponding block transfer agreement.

Allen County Community College
Arapahoe Community College
Bay Mills Community College
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
Brookhaven College
Butler Community College
Cedar Valley College
Cloud County Community College
Coffeyville Community College
Colorado Northwestern Community College
Community College of Aurora
Community College of Baltimore County, The
Community College of Denver
Cowley County Community College and Area Vocational-Technical School
Dabney S. Lancaster Community College
Danville Community College
Dodge City Community College
Eastfield College
El Centro College
Feather River Community College
Fort Peck Community College
Fort Scott Community College
Front Range Community College
Garden City Community College
Highland Community College
Houston Community College District
Independence Community College
Johnson County Community College
Kansas City Kansas Community College
Labette Community College
Lamar Community College
Morgan Community College
Mountain View College
Neosho County Community College
Norco College
Northeastern Junior College
Northern Virginia Community College
North Lake College
Northwest Arkansas Community College
Otero Junior College
Pikes Peak Community College
Pratt Community College
Pueblo Community College
Red Rocks Community College
Richland College
Sault College
Seward County Community College
Solano Community College
Trinidad State Junior College
Truckee Meadows Community College

[rebel100]

Is there no limit to the things you know Jennifer?

Red Rocks might be interesting....Use FEMA's to earn a relatively cheap AS then transfer to finish up a BS in Homeland Security or Emergency Management. I wonder if the whole 4 year degree could be done by the motivated in less than 2 years starting from nothing.

[alleycat]

Thanks for the info Jennifer. I believe Bellevue University has the same sort of policy. I have heard of people getting an AAS using FEMA's and very few gen ed's and Bellevue taking them as a block transfer. Pretty simple.

[cookderosa]

Thanks for the info Jennifer. I believe Bellevue University has the same sort of policy. I have heard of people getting an AAS using FEMA's and very few gen ed's and Bellevue taking them as a block transfer. Pretty simple.

Yes, I also believe Bellevue does block transfer beyond their home state.

One other little tid bit to throw into the mix that I forgot to mention, is that APUS is BOTH regionally and nationally accredited- meaning you can earn your regionally accredited BA/BS by block transferring in your regionally accredited AA/AS -----but you can fill in the UL non-residency courses with nationally accredited courses as well. There are a lot of way that a resourceful and creative person can use this information.

After clicking on each link to see if any were in my home state, I'll throw out there that if you are in Colorado- all your community colleges participate in this block transfer. Additionally, there were many from Texas!

[cookderosa]

Is there no limit to the things you know Jennifer?

Red Rocks might be interesting....Use FEMA's to earn a relatively cheap AS then transfer to finish up a BS in Homeland Security or Emergency Management. I wonder if the whole 4 year degree could be done by the motivated in less than 2 years starting from nothing.

hilarious no limit? LOL! There are a few things that I know a lot about, and a lot of things I know nothing about, so today just happened to be a lucky day
If Red Rocks (and other Colorado CCs) take FEMA, that would be a way to launder FEMA into APUS- which OUTSIDE OF A BLOCK TRANSFER, APUS doesn't accept! hummmmm.... you may have found an entirely new way to use this information!!