1. College Credit Opportunities in High School

2. Ways to Earn College Credit while in High School
Concurrent Enrollment: When a high school student takes an approved high school class from an approved high school teacher and receives both high school and college credit. (Baker University and JCCC offer concurrent enrollment at each high school.)
Advanced Placement (AP): Students take an approved AP course throughout the year and earns credit by taking the AP exam in May and getting a 3 or higher on a 5 point scale.

3. Benefits of College Credit in High School
Highly qualified Instruction
Low Cost
Schedule Flexibility
Complete courses that may transfer and apply to 4 year degree
Campus Access at JCCC– Resources including the Math Resource Center, Writing Center, library and computer labs
Experience college level courses and workload before attending college as a full-time student

4. Benefits of Advanced Placement
College level course
Low cost-Each exam is $94
Credit is earned by getting a 3 or better out of 5 on the exam
Credit is recognized at many universities across the nation, but transfer will vary depending on university
Not all AP courses are offered for College Now credit, so it allows students to still earn credit for a college level course
Experience college level courses and workload before attending college as a full-time student

5. How are AP credit and Dual Enrollment different?
Questions...
AP Credit
Dual Enrollment Credit
How much does it Cost?
$94 per test
$93/credit hour (JCCC)
$110/credit hour (Baker)
When is enrollment?
Signup for exam in March, test in May at end of course
*Effective SY, registration will be in October/November
Start of the semester
How is Credit Awarded?
AP test results, Score 3-5
(Varies by college)
“C” or better, most likely to transfer

6. Who is eligible to earn college credit?
Dual Enrollment: According to the Kansas Board of Regents, any freshman (with a gifted IEP) or sophomore, junior, senior in high school can take classes for college credit. In order to receive college credit, a student must follow the enrollment procedures AND meet placement/ACT scores for English, math, and some science courses.
Advanced Placement: College Board has an open access policy that allows any student the opportunity to test for AP credit.

7. Qualifying ACT Scores - JCCC
If you have taken the ACT within the last two years you may use the following ACT scores instead of taking the Accuplacer test.
Class
ACT Subtest
Required Score
College Algebra
Math 25
Pre-Calculus
AP Calculus 28
AP Stats 26
AP Lang & Comp
English 19

8. Dual Enrollment Credit Classes
De Soto High School and Mill Valley High School each offer the following AP classes:
College Algebra
AP Physics 1
Pre-Calculus
French III
AP Calculus AB/BC
French IV
AP Statistics
Spanish IV
AP Language & Composition
Spanish V (AP Spanish Language at DHS)
AP Literature & Composition
AP Music Theory
AP Biology
In addition, Mill Valley High School offers the following dual enrollment classes:
AP Physics 2
AP Chemistry
AP US History
AP Government & Politics

9. AP Courses
De Soto High School and Mill Valley High School each offer the following AP courses:
AP Calculus AB/BC
AP European History
AP Statistics
AP US History
AP Language & Composition
AP Psychology
AP Literature & Composition
AP Govt & Politics
AP Biology
AP Music Theory
AP Chemistry
AP Physics 1/2
AP Environmental Science
AP Studio Art
In addition, De Soto High School offers the following AP courses:
AP Spanish and Language
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Computer Science A

10. Tuition Rates at Colleges
College/University
Cost Per Credit Hour
JCCC
$93
Baker University (HS Dual Enrollment)
$110
Emporia State University
$226 (15 hours)
Baker University (Private)
$976 (15 hours)
Kansas State University
$312.5/hour
University of Kansas
$339.40/hour
Costs are based off of tuition rates.
Points to Ponder:
A 3 hour class at JCCC will cost $279. A 3 hour class at KU will cost $1018. That is a savings of over $700!
Students do not have to rent/buy the textbook for College Now and AP courses.
Unlike four year colleges, they are no extra fees that students have to pay for Dual Enrollment or AP classes.

11. Transferring Dual Enrollment and AP Courses
JCCC publishes a transfer guide on their website for many of the local and regional colleges. Use this to find out how classes would transfer.
If you don’t see the college listed that you are transferring to, go to their website and search “transfer equivalency guide.” Select the school you are transferring credit from.
You will need the course number from the school you are transferring credit from. Example: ENGL 121-Composition I (AP Language) is the course number for JCCC. For a list of JCCC course numbers you can visit
Advanced Placement (AP):
Should transfer to schools nationwide, and depending on the score of the exam, each college may apply the credit differently.

12. Things to consider when transferring to a four year college
Even though Dual Enrollment and AP courses will transfer to most colleges and universities, how it applies to the degree of each individual school may be different.
Regardless of how you are earning credit you should research potential majors to see what the degree requirements entail.
Someone who is majoring in Elementary Education will not need the same math classes as someone who is studying Engineering.
Most colleges will have a four year degree plan for their majors on their department websites. Use this to see exactly what classes are needed to graduate.

13. Questions??? Crissy Johns, DHS Counselor cjohns@usd232.org
Erin Hayes, MVHS Counselor