Can you transfer credits earned from Columbia southern university?

Answer 1

The university at present does not have the preferred regional accreditation. Therefore, the coursework and degree completed through this institution, may not be recognized by the traditional regionally accredited colleges and universities.

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This is not necessarily true as the climate has been changing with the ignorance between regional and national accreditation. CSU not only has national accreditation through the Distance Learning & Training Council (DETC) which has the same equal recognition through the United States Department of Education and CHEA (US DoE and CHEA does not rank or distinguish one accreditation being better than the other), but CSU just recently acquired a traditional bricks and mortar college (Waldorf College) in Iowa which is regionally accredited.

CSU has partnered with University of North Alabama and the following schools:

University Learning Partners

Boise State University (Passport Unlimited) California State University Dominguez Hills College of Extended and - Community College of Southern Nevada Dodge City Community College, KS Florida Medical Training Institute Forest Trail Academy, LLC, FL (WC/CSU) Georgia Tech Research Institute. OSHA Training Institute Education Center Global Institute of Management & Technology, AL Henley-Putnam University, CA Institute of Technology, CA -International Education Ivy Tech Community College, IN National Institute for Truth Verification, FL South Central College, MN Stark State College of Technology, OH Summit Bible College, CA Trinidad State Junior College, CO University of Medicine and Health Sciences, St. Kits University of Saint Eustatius Virtual High School of Excellence, FL (WC/CSU)

In addition to this list, CSU has conducted their own research to find the following institutions will accept CSU credits for transfer:

http://www.columbiasouthern.edu/Partners/Universities

Lastly, CHEA formed the Higher Education Transfer Alliance (HETA) which states as follows:

Higher Education Transfer Alliance (HETA)If the above universities do not offer a program that meets your needs, another great resource is the HETA list. Below is a paragraph from the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) website concerning the HETA list.

The Higher Education Transfer Alliance (HETA) is a voluntary group of accredited institutions that are concerned with the importance of student mobility, enhancing success in transfer of credit, and affirming the responsibility and prerogative of individual institutions with respect to acceptance of transfer credits. HETA is a Web-based directory of colleges and universities that is open to all institutions that are accredited by an organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or the United States Department of Education (USDE). Membership in HETA is entirely voluntary. HETA is not intended to and will not constrain institutional freedom or prerogatives with respect to acceptance of transfer credit.