Credit Options

You may not realize it, but going to school at a JVS or career center, getting goods scores on your ACT/SAT exams, having great work experience or military training may earn you college credit at Clark State.

Career Technical Center Graduates
High school graduates of the following career technical schools may qualify for advanced standing at Clark State:

• Greene County Career Center
• Miami Valley Career Technical Center
• Ohio Hi-Point Career Center
• Springfield-Clark County JVS
• Tolles Technical Center
• Upper Valley JVS

Agreements with these career technical schools may allow for one or more credit hours to be granted toward an associate degree or certificate at Clark State. To apply for these credits, you must have graduated within the last two years.

Entrance Exams
Although not required at Clark State, you are encouraged to take either the ACT or SAT while in high school, especially if you are thinking about transferring to a four-year college to complete a bachelor's degree. High scores on these tests will exempt you from having to take our initial placement tests.

If you enroll in one of the programs below, you will be excused from mathematics/algebra placement testing if you received mathematics scores in the last five years of 22 ACT or 560 SAT.

• Medical Laboratory Technology
• Physical Therapist Assistant Technology
• Information Technology Systems
• Associate of Arts
• Associate of Science
• Engineering Technologies

You will be excused from the mathematics/algebra placement testing for other majors (except health programs) if you received a score of 510 SAT. You will be eligible for the mathematics proficiency test if you received mathematics scores of 23 ACT or 700 SAT.

You will be excused from placement testing in reading and writing if you received English scores in the last five years of 20 ACT or 500 SAT. You will be eligible for the English proficiency test if you received English scores of 23 ACT or 670 SAT.

Prior Learning Portfolio
If your experiences as an employee, skilled volunteer or hobbyist correspond to credit courses offered at Clark State, then the Prior Learning Portfolio Program may help you receive college credit. Learn how to put together a portfolio that details your experiences and matches them to specific courses from the College curriculum.

Proficiency Tests
Proficiency tests are available for many of the courses at Clark State. There are time restrictions for taking proficiency tests, so you should schedule it as far in advance as possible. The fee for taking the test is $15 per credit hour with a minimum charge of $20. You will need to contact the academic division for the course and request to take a proficiency test.

If you have questions about getting started at Clark State, please contact our Admissions Office at 937/328-6028.