Military Transcript Links for CTU Online
Colorado Technical University Online's Academics Department will review and evaluate your military training, courses, occupational specialties and traditional education for potential college transfer credit. The evaluation will list the total number of hours you've earned. The Admissions Department will then develop a personalized degree plan showing how your credits will be applied to your preferred degree at Colorado Tech Online. We will also identify ways for you to complete the remaining degree requirements.
We use official military transcripts to develop your degree program. You should request and maintain copies of your transcripts for your own reference. You can obtain copies of your military transcript using the appropriate links below. Some branches allow you to request and receive your transcripts online; others must be requested in writing.
You can also use these links to request official copies to be sent to Colorado Tech Online.
Military Transcript Links
Army and Reserve Personnel
Army/A.C.E. Registry Transcript Service (AARTS)
Students must mail or fax a completed form to AARTS in order to have an official transcript sent to a particular institution. The AARTS transcript is provided free of charge.
Sailor and Marine Personnel
Sailor/Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcript (SMART)
Air Force Personnel
- Visit an Air Force education center, or
- Go to a computer at a military base.
Coast Guard Personnel
Correspondence Course Links
You may have completed correspondence courses or other training that can be used for college credit. Review the links to sites containing course/transcript information by military branch.
Army and Reserve Personnel
Marine Personnel
Navy Personnel
Air Force Personnel
The American Council on Education (ACE)
ACE is a coordinating organization helping institutions and organizations advance the higher education system. This organization ultimately helps individuals by evaluating and recommending institutional, and some non-traditional education and training, allowing accredited educational bodies to accept credit recommendations. Colorado Technical University Online uses ACE recommendations to award you transfer credit for your military experience and training.
Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC)
Colorado Technical University Online is also a member of the SOC. The SOC is a consortium of approximately 1,700 colleges and universities that award associate's and bachelor's degrees. The purpose of the network is to universally accept each network member schools transfer credits.
The Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard have access to the SOC, which also uses the ACE Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experience in the Armed Forces as the basis for evaluating military training and experience.)
- SOC Website (Information on Transferring Credit from other SOC universities)
At Colorado Tech Online, your Military Admissions Advisor can assist you with all the details of acceptance into the university, and the Academics Department can prepare your personal degree plan. You can prepare for your conversation with a Military Admissions Advisor by gathering your transcript information from the sources listed above.
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University grants or scholarships are based on established criteria as published in the University's catalog and are awarded after verification that the conditions of eligibility have been met.
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Discharged Veterans must have a discharge other than dishonorable.