College Credits

Earning college credit through ACE CREDIT®

About ACE

Founded in 1918, ACE is the major coordinating body for all the nation’s higher education institutions, representing more than 1,600 college and university presidents and more than 200 related associations nationwide. It provides leadership on key higher education issues and influences public policy through advocacy.

ACE CREDIT connects workplace learning with colleges and universities by helping adults gain access to academic credit at colleges and universities for formal courses and examinations taken in the workplace or other settings outside traditional higher education. For more than 40 years, colleges and universities have trusted ACE CREDIT to provide reliable course equivalency information to facilitate their decisions to award academic credit.


IT Specialist Exams

  • IT Specialist - Artificial Intelligence

    • Eligible from: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025

    • Recommended credits: 3

  • IT Specialist - Cloud Computing

    • Eligible from: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025

    • Recommended credits: 3

  • IT Specialist - Computational Thinking

    • Eligible from: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025

    • Recommended credits: 3

  • IT Specialist - Cybersecurity

    • Eligible from: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025

    • Recommended credits: 3

  • IT Specialist - Databases

    • Eligible from: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025

    • Recommended credits: 3

  • IT Specialist - Device Configuration and Management

    • Eligible from: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025

    • Recommended credits: 3

  • IT Specialist - HTML and CSS

    • Eligible from: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025

    • Recommended credits: 3

  • IT Specialist - HTML5 Application Development

    • Eligible from: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025

    • Recommended credits: 3

  • IT Specialist - Java

    • Eligible from: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025

    • Recommended credits: 3

  • IT Specialist - JavaScript

    • Eligible from: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025

    • Recommended credits: 3

  • IT Specialist - Network Security

    • Eligible from: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025

    • Recommended credits: 3

  • IT Specialist - Networking

    • Eligible from: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025

    • Recommended credits: 3

  • IT Specialist - Python

    • Eligible from: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025

    • Recommended credits: 3

  • IT Specialist - Software Development

    • Eligible from: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025

    • Recommended credits: 3

Earning college credit through ACE CREDIT®

Steps to obtain ACE College Credit

Information on transcript services is available in the ACE Student Resource Center.

  • Step 1: Students should verify with their university/college admissions office that they grant credit for the specific certification.

  • Step 2: Send your transcript. Credly’s Acclaim platform is pleased to partner with ACE to bring you a seamless way to share your transcript with prospective learning institutions and organizations.