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Earn your online degree faster and for less with CLEP

Posted by bposton on October 10th, 2009 — Posted in online degree programs psychology

CLEP and the Pursuit of an Online Degree Go Hand in Hand

There are a lot of different ways to earn a degree online, but one of the easiest is with college credit you already have.

This could mean that you’ve taken college level classes in the past, and can now use them towards an online degree. But another, even better way is the CLEP.

What is the CLEP? CLEP stands for College Level Examination Program and utilizing the CLEP program can help you get your degree online faster while saving you a ton of money.

In fact, I’d day that taking the exams offered by CLEP actually benefit you in two ways:
1) When you study for these exams (yes, you HAVE to study!) this will help you improve your study skills and give you the confidence and self-discipline, both of which are skills that you will need to complete your online degree. 
2) The credit you earn through CLEP helps you to get the mandatory general education courses out of the way, and so you would then have the possibility of taking more specific and interesting classes that could be more targeted to your degree program or personal interest.

CLEP, is must less expensive than taking first and/or second year college courses. You can earn up to 12 credit hours by completing the tests successfully. And what’s even better is that there are over 2900 colleges and universities that are both CLEP testing centers and that will honor your credits based on your scorces. Just remember that each college has their own policy regarding CLEP credit. Some may accept credit differently than others, so make sure you check out your schools, rules and policies.

And since you don’t have to be picky about where you school is located when you are in an online degree program, you can chose the school that will accept the most credits for successful CLEP examination scores, and save a lot of money in tuition fees.

There are 34 exams available through CLEP, and you can easily define your own course of study and testing since exams are offered all the time. Each CLEP test costs $72 to take plus a small administrative fee.