Apply your Military Experience Toward College Credit

University College at Rutgers-Camden is the academic unit that is dedicated to supporting non-traditional and veteran students. As a participant of Servicemembers Opportunity College (SOC), we recognize the educational value of military training and experience. We will use the American Council on Education (ACE) college credit recommendations listed on your military transcript to determine college credit equivalencies at Rutgers-Camden.

Getting ACE credits
The first step to claiming the credits you have earned is to request a transcript from your military service. Each service will provide unofficial personal copies and send schools an official copy of your transcript at no charge. Each service branch has their own system for recording your military education and experience credits:

Army
The Army uses the AARTS system, which automatically captures your academic credits from military training, and Standardized tests. The AARTS system is available to enlisted soldiers only. Army Officers must use the form DD 295 ( Application for Evaluation of Learning) to report their military training and experience.

Navy and Marines
The Navy and Marine Corps use the SMART system. This system automatically captures your training, experience and standardized test scores.

Air Force
The Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) automatically captures your training, experience and standardized test scores. Transcript information may be viewed at the CCAF website.

If you received your AAS degree from the CCAF you can transfer all your credits towards a Liberal Studies undergraduate degree. For more information about the Liberal Studies program, visit http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/dept-pages/ugradlib/.

Coast Guard
The Coast Guard Institute (CGI) requires each service member to submit documentation of all training (except correspondence course records), along with an enrollment form, to receive a transcript.

Veterans
Under most circumstances, veterans are eligible to use their former service branches transcript program.

Applying Your ACE Credits
In most cases, ACE-recommended credits will be used to fulfill your free-elective requirements. University College at Rutgers-Camden will determine the number of credits we will accept, if any, and how they will be applied.

If you are a prospective student who is applying to Rutgers-Camden, please send your military transcripts to:
Office of University Undergraduate Admissions
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
65 Davidson Road - Room 202
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8097

If you have already been admitted, or you are a current student, please send your military transcripts to Megan Zeller at:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Camden College Center
Attn: Megan Zeller
326 Penn Street, Room 302
Camden, NJ 08102-1400
Phone: (856) 225-2780

In order to receive college credit for your military experience, you must be enrolled through University College at Rutgers-Camden. UCC also accepts the results of select College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams. For more information on CLEP, visit http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/about.html.

Students with a question about applying ACE or CLEP credits should contact University College at (856) 225-6107.