Local community/state college only accepts 15 credits of CLEP...is this typical?

[cookderosa]

I spoke with someone at our local college (Pensacola State College) which is mostly a junior college with a few Bachelors degrees programs added recently.  They said they will only accept 15 credits of CLEP or other "credit by exam" courses toward an Associate of Arts degree.  Is this typical of a "mainstream" college?

That's not "abnormal" but you can do better.
I would see if you can find one that allows 30 or so. The "mainstream" community college I worked for accepted 45 toward a 60 credit degree. Since each individual college gets to decide what they offer, you get to CLEP-Policy-Shop before you decide too.