NA credits were accepted.

[Shoshana]

I have half of my degree completed at an Nationally Accredited school on the quarter hour system. My major is in graphic arts. Most RA distant programs would not accept my NA credits and the one that would did not have a major where my major credits fit in and having 3 quarter-credit classes made things even more difficult.

Columbia College of Missouri http://www.ccis.edu/ is RA, accepted my NA credits, and did as much as they could in working with my quarter hour credits. They offer a BA in General Studies (no major needed) so almost all of my courses fit in as electives. CC was recently was ranked in the top tier of Midwestern Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelor's Degree in U.S. News & World Report annual rankings. They accept all the same courses and exams that the BIG 3 accept (CLEP, DANTES etc.) and require that you take only 24 credits with them. The staff is very helpful. It is an excellent choice for anyone with a particular emphasis on anyone with NA credits.

-Shoshana

[J]

Excellent news - thanks for sharing!

[Bill Dayson]

Hi Shoshana. That sounds like very good news for you.

And thanks for telling us about Columbia College of Missouri. I was unaware of them and they sound very user-friendly in several different ways. Definitely worth checking out.

I think that there's a moral in your story: It pays for people NA credits to apply a number of different of places. Some schools will reject you, but others may accept you like Columbia College did.

NA credits may be harder to use, but they aren't useless if you persevere.

[Jabbezzz]

NA credits may be harder to use, but they aren't useless if you persevere.

The same is true of unaccredited bachelor's degrees! Some RA schools make provision for unaccredited bachelor's degrees to be used as entrance to master's level programs. A small percentage of students may be admitted to a master's program, placed on academic probation for 1 or 2 semesters, then, if the student's academic work is acceptable the probation is lifted.