May 25, 2026  
ACE Catalog - Volume 68 
  
ACE Catalog - Volume 68

Articulation Agreements & Memberships


Articulation Agreements

Memberships


Articulation Agreements

ACE has established articulation agreements with institutions of higher education, alternative undergraduate credit providers, and professional development/training providers to offer various pathways for potential students to apply earned credit toward a degree.

Graduate Credit - Professional Development & Training Partners

ASBO

Completers of the School Finance and Operations (SFO) Certification may be eligible to receive up to 6 graduate credits applicable toward select ACE programs, subject to current program requirements and equivalency agreements.
https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/asbo/

Bridge Education Group

Completers of the International Diploma in English Language Teaching (IDELT) may be eligible for up to 6 graduate credits applicable toward select ACE programs, subject to current program requirements and equivalency agreements.
https://ace.edu/info/bridge-idelt-transfers/

iTeach

Completers of iTeach’s teacher certification program may be eligible for up to 12 graduate credits applicable toward select ACE programs, subject to current program requirements and equivalency agreements.
https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/iteach/

LETRS and Aspire Professional Development - Lexia Learning Products

LETRS® completers may be eligible for up to 12 graduate credits, and Aspire® completers may be eligible for up to 9 graduate credits applicable toward select ACE programs, subject to current program requirements and equivalency agreements.
https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/letrs/
https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/aspire

National Institute for School Leadership (NISL) - NCEE

Completers of the NCEE National Institute for School Leadership program may be eligible for up to 9 graduate credits applicable toward select ACE programs, subject to current program requirements and equivalency agreements.
https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/nisl/

National Institute for Stem Education Partnership (NISE)

Completers of the National Certificate for STEM Teaching (NCST) may be eligible for up to 6 graduate credits applicable toward select ACE programs, subject to current program requirements and equivalency agreements. NCST completers may request an ACE transcript annotating these 6 credits. 
https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/nise/

National Virtual Teachers Association (NVTA)

Completers of the National Virtual Teacher Certificate may be eligible for up to 3 graduate credits applicable toward select ACE programs, subject to current program requirements and equivalency agreements. NVTA Certificate completers may request an ACE transcript annotating these 3 credits.
https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/nvta/

Teaching Channel with Learners Edge

Completers of Teaching Channel continuing education may be eligible for up to 9 graduate credits applicable toward select ACE programs, subject to current program requirements and equivalency agreements. If ACE is selected as transcribing institution at enrollment, an ACE transcript can be requested upon completion.
https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/teaching-channel/

Quality Matters

Completers of the Quality Matters Teaching Online Certificate may be eligible for up to 3 graduate credits applicable toward select ACE programs, subject to current program requirements and equivalency agreements.
https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/quality-matters

Zschool  

Completers of a Zschool Certificate Program may be eligible for up to 9 graduate credits applicable toward select ACE programs, subject to current program requirements and equivalency agreements.
https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/zschool/

Undergraduate Credit - Professional Development & Training Partners

ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI, A Straighterline Company)

Completers of ChildCare Education Institute programs may be eligible for up to 10 undergraduate elective credits applicable toward select ACE programs, subject to current program requirements and equivalency agreements.
https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/childcare-education-institute/

MedCerts

Completers of MedCerts certification programs may be eligible for up to 18 undergraduate credits applicable toward select ACE programs, subject to current program requirements and equivalency agreements.  
https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/medcerts/

Undergraduate Course Provider Partners

The following organizations partner with American College of Education and offer courses that the American Council of Education has evaluated for academic credit. These courses are accepted in transfer by the American College of Education as nontraditional credits to satisfy some undergraduate program requirements.

Gateway Education and Distance Learning Solutions Indiana
https://www.ace.edu/strategic-partners/gateway
https://www.ace.edu/strategic-partners/dlsi

Outlier.org

https://www.ace.edu/strategic-partners/outlier

Sophia Learning
https://ace.sophia.org/

StraighterLine

https://www.straighterline.com/colleges/american-college-of-education/

Study.com

https://study.com/college/school/american-college-of-education.html

 

Community Colleges

The following Community Colleges partner with American College of Education (ACE) to offer a seamless transfer pathway to enroll in a program at ACE. Completing an associate degree or individual courses may be applied as traditional credit to meet program completion requirements of an undergraduate or nursing degree at American College of Education. Specific transfer information can be found on each page*. 

AIMS Community College

https://www.ace.edu/strategic-partners/aims-community-college

Arizona Western College

https://www.azwestern.edu/student-support/transfer-services/transfer-from-awc/other

Ashtabula County Technical & Career Campus

https://www.ace.edu/strategic-partners/ashtabula-county-technical-career-college

Belmont College

https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/belmont-college/

Columbus State Community College 

https://www.cscc.edu/academics/transfer/colleges/American-College-of-Education.shtml

Community College of Denver

https://www.ace.edu/strategic-partners/community-college-of-denver

Dallas College

https://www.dallascollege.edu/resources/transfer-students/pages/transfer-student-resources.aspx

Edison State College

https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/edison-state-community-college/

Ivy Tech Community College

https://www.ivytech.edu/reversetransfer/index.html
https://www.ivytech.edu/transfer/index.html#partner

Joliet Junior College

https://www.jjc.edu/university-partners

Lamar State College

Link in development. 

Leigh Carbon Community College

https://www.lccc.edu/academics/transfer-services

Lone Star College

https://www.lonestar.edu/academic-programs-transfer.htm 

Lorain Community College

Link in development. 

Pasco-Hernando State College

https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/pasco-hernando-state-college/

Prince George’s Community College

https://www.pgcc.edu/programs-courses/transfer-programs/transfer-agreements/

Ross Education
https://ace.edu/community-colleges/ross-college-and-ross-medical-education-center/ 

Sinclair Community College

https://ace.edu/strategic-partners/sinclair-college/

Southern State Community College

https://www.sscc.edu/academics/transfer/transfer-agreements.shtml

Tarrant County College

https://www.tccd.edu/services/transfer-center/transfer-agreements/online-schools-transfer/

Texas Health School

Link in development. 

Memberships

American College of Education is a member organization of the following organizations:

ACE Credit College and University Network

American College of Education is a proud member of the ACE Credit College and University Network. The ACE Credit College and University Network is a group of higher education institutions that consider ACE credit recommendations and other credit for prior learning options for transfer to degree programs. 
http://www2.acenet.edu/crm/cup/

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

American College of Education is approved for institutional membership of American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). 
http://www.aacnnursing.org/Membership

National College Credit Recommendation Service

American College of Education is a cooperating college in this credit recommendation organization. 
http://www.nationalccrs.org/

 


NOTE
Applicants must meet all other program admission requirements. 
*Applicants to the RN to BSN and RN to MSN programs must hold a current unencumbered state nursing license.