My Recommendation Before Enrolling
I always tell people to look into CPL (Credit for Prior Learning) options before enrolling at SNHU. It saved me over $9,000 in tuition and books.
Just to be clear, I’m only sharing my personal experience from 2025, when I first enrolled at SNHU. I did have many college credits already, and I figured out exactly what I needed to hit the 90-credit transfer cap before starting.
I completed my B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Project Management in March. I took four courses in less than a month, and they all transferred to SNHU. I paid about $74 for a one month subscription to an online education platform that SNHU partners with. That saved me over $4,000 in tuition and books.
Always confirm with the registrar first, though, because your program, catalog year, and remaining requirements can affect what actually applies.
The courses I used transferred from the SNHU partner were:
• ACC 201 Financial Accounting
• ACC 202 Managerial Accounting
• ECO 201 Microeconomics
• FIN 320 Principles of Finance
Coursera certifications can help too. My Google Project Management Professional certificate covered four out of the five courses in my Project Management concentration:
• QSO 340
• QSO 355
• QSO 420
• QSO 435
My Google Cybersecurity certification also counted toward IT 2ELE.
I also had certifications like Google UX Design, Microsoft UX Design, Google Data Analytics, and Google Digital Marketing and E-Commerce evaluated for credit. By that point, though, I had already hit the 90-credit transfer cap, so most of those ended up being extra credits that I couldn’t use.
For example, SNHU evaluated them for courses like:
• CS 319
• IT 355
• DAT 205
• DAT 325
• DAT 375
• MKT 225
• MKT 315
Also, don’t pay for transcript delivery through Parchment. I sent all of these courses and certifications to SNHU for free through Credly using the transcript option.
Definitely look into these options before spending thousands of dollars and eight weeks on classes that you may be able to satisfy through transfer credit or Credit for Prior Learning instead.
One note about the screenshots: they don’t show exactly what applied during my B.S. degree because I enrolled in a certificate program through SNHU afterward. I can no longer view the Academic Evaluation from my completed B.S., so the screenshots are just examples of how SNHU evaluated the credits/certifications.