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UMSL’s Advanced Credit Program shows 25% enrollment increase

UMSL’s Advanced Credit Program shows 25% enrollment increase

With 72 schools, hundreds of teachers and thousands of students to track, you could lose sense of the big picture. But Kathleen Burns, academic director of the Advanced Credit Program at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, points to a steady 25 percent increase in enrollment over the last five years.

College credit program for high schoolers earns national accreditation

College credit program for high schoolers earns national accreditation

The University of Missouri–St. Louis Advanced Credit Program has earned accreditation by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships.

UMSL’s Advanced Credit Program is a dual credit program that allows students to earn college credit and become familiar with the college experience while still in high school. College credits earned through ACP are accepted at all of Missouri’s public colleges and universities and many other institutions across the country.