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Cheap Sources of Graduate Credit
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Undergraduate students are blessed with a plethora of inexpensive, even free, sources of college credit.  I have not found this to be the case at the graduate level. Other than transferring ENEB or Level 7/8 diplomas with a foreign credit evaluation, does anyone know of cheap source for earning graduate credit for transfer? Ideally, regionally accredited.
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100 Million Learners: https://thunderbird.asu.edu/lifelong-lea...n-learners
ACE/NCCRS Credits: https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pa...fault.aspx / https://www.nationalccrs.org/course-credit-directory
EDx MicroMasters: https://www.edx.org/masters/micromasters
Coursera MasterTrack: https://www.coursera.org/mastertrack
Coursera "Build Towards a Degree": https://www.coursera.org/find-your-degree
Professional Certifications: https://www.wgu.edu/admissions/transfers...tions.html
Other Own-Degrees like Masstercursos: https://www.masstercursos.com/
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Before taking any grad courses, please make sure they will be accepted at the university you wish to complete a grad degree at. Many grad programs have a lot of restrictions unlike undergrad programs.

Personally, I have not found ACE credits which were transferable to a grad program. And you have to watch how much EDx and Coursera programs can be because you can often take cheaper courses from Amberton, WGU, CSU Global, PUG, etc. I mean there's a program on EDx I really want to do but it costs over $1300 per course and there's 4 or 5 courses. Every course isn't the same price. That $1300 is the cheapest course in the program.
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(07-22-2025, 02:40 PM)NotJoeBiden Wrote: 100 Million Learners: https://thunderbird.asu.edu/lifelong-lea...n-learners
ACE/NCCRS Credits: https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pa...fault.aspx / https://www.nationalccrs.org/course-credit-directory
EDx MicroMasters: https://www.edx.org/masters/micromasters
Coursera MasterTrack: https://www.coursera.org/mastertrack
Coursera "Build Towards a Degree": https://www.coursera.org/find-your-degree
Professional Certifications: https://www.wgu.edu/admissions/transfers...tions.html
Other Own-Degrees like Masstercursos: https://www.masstercursos.com/

Thanks for the list. I abandoned 100 Million Learners once I saw they were charging $2500.00 to transcript the courses, but, in retrospect, that's still cheap for 15 graduate credit hours.


I should have mentioned HAU @ $3000.00 for the MBA. Presumably, some of the credit could be transferred to another program.
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There's probably someone who could benefit from getting graduate credit from one of the lower-cost NA schools like Acacia (business, education), Nexford (business), or NationsU (Christian ministry) and transferring it to an RA graduate program that's friendly to NA transfer such as Liberty.

Portage Learning currently has one graduate course, CNSL 503 Statistics, 3 credits for $699, self-paced and transcripted by Geneva College.

CPAcredits has several graduate courses in accounting 3 credits for $850 transcripted by Upper Iowa University.

Numerous providers offer lower-cost professional development courses for teachers with graduate credit on a university transcript, though sometimes the credit isn't quite normal degree-applicable credit (for example, if it's notated on the transcript as "professional development credit") and its transferability into a degree program may be limited.
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Someone posted this awhile ago. It is $55 per credit hour. Its for those interested in teaching

https://www.isu.edu/onlinepd/#d.en.224873
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(07-22-2025, 07:43 PM)Heartstrings Wrote: Someone posted this awhile ago. It is $55 per credit hour. Its for those interested in teaching

https://www.isu.edu/onlinepd/#d.en.224873

Looks like they have a free $200 Credit. Can pick up a class for free.

https://www.isu.edu/onlinepd/200-credit/
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(07-22-2025, 08:08 PM)NotJoeBiden Wrote:
(07-22-2025, 07:43 PM)Heartstrings Wrote: Someone posted this awhile ago. It is $55 per credit hour. Its for those interested in teaching

https://www.isu.edu/onlinepd/#d.en.224873

Looks like they have a free $200 Credit. Can pick up a class for free.

https://www.isu.edu/onlinepd/200-credit/

I have done one course from there when I was trying to transfer towards a Masters in Education early on. ISU courses from the Albion Center are recognized as PDUs and were unfortunately not graduate level.
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UIUC
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William Paterson University
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ACE/NCCRS grad credits through specific university partners
VESI classes through university partnerships
ENEB through foreign credit evaluations
UoPeople/UMPI CBE options through credit transfer

Graduate Level PLA through the institution of choice
GRE subject exams (for institutions that accept them for advanced placement, or electives)
Study.com Offer https://bit.ly/3RTJ3I9

Pre-Med Online, MSc Biomedical Sciences (Starting Jan 2026)
In Progress: UoPeople BS Health Science

Completed: UMPI BAS & MAOL (2025)
TESU ASNSM Biology, BSBA (ACBSP Accredited 2017)

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(07-23-2025, 01:14 AM)Mint Berry Crunch Wrote:
(07-22-2025, 08:08 PM)NotJoeBiden Wrote:
(07-22-2025, 07:43 PM)Heartstrings Wrote: Someone posted this awhile ago. It is $55 per credit hour. Its for those interested in teaching

https://www.isu.edu/onlinepd/#d.en.224873

Looks like they have a free $200 Credit. Can pick up a class for free.

https://www.isu.edu/onlinepd/200-credit/

I have done one course from there when I was trying to transfer towards a Masters in Education early on. ISU courses from the Albion Center are recognized as PDUs and were unfortunately not graduate level.

Thank you for the clarity. ISU is very misleading. They describe their Albion Center courses as "Courses are transcribed as graduate level, non-degree, semester credits." https://www.isu.edu/onlinepd/
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