Dual Credit
Salem Academy offers college credit for the equivalent of almost 2 years of college a small fraction of the cost of university through our Dual Credit program. All credits are earned through Corban University and Northwest Nazarene University, accredited four-year programs whose courses transfer easily to other institutions throughout the region. These courses are taught on our campus, in small classes, by our caring faculty who know your student personally.
POWER OF DUAL CREDIT
FROM SA TO PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
My name is Ashley Wells and I graduated from Salem Academy in 2015. During my time there, I signed up for as many dual-credit classes as possible that were offered at Salem Academy. These benefited me in three life-impacting ways: financially, academically, and time.
After graduating from Salem Academy, I earned my Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Ministries from Northwest University where I was able to skip a year of college. At Northwest University tuition costs $31,100 with room and board and additional $8,640. On top of that, there are student fees. Skipping a year saved me $40,180! Therefore, the small amount that I paid for dual-credit courses at Salem Academy paid off financially in the long run. Read more.
MORE THAN DUAL CREDIT - PERSONAL GROWTH
After graduation, I was able to enter college at George Washington University with over 30 viable class credits earned at Salem Academy through the dual credit program. The main benefits of these credits were the ability to start taking upper-level courses in my field of study freshman year, save money by eliminating unnecessary general education requirements, and avoid overpopulated (and often unnecessarily difficult) introductory classes. However, these are all things that can be found on a pamphlet on the benefits of taking college classes in high school, so I’ll try not to bore you with facts and figures that I’m sure you have already heard from school advisors or internet sources. Instead, I want to discuss the personal development that I experienced while in, and due to, dual credit classes. Read More.