credit hour
noun
: the unit of measuring educational credit usually based on the number of classroom hours per week throughout a term
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The problem with those caps is that a college credit hour now costs resident students $406 at the average public 4-year university; at 4-year private universities the average is $1,469 per credit hour.
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Some are credit hours that are part of larger university degree programs and others, like the six-day distiller course at Moonshine University, take less than a week.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 22 Sep. 2024
This fall, first-time transfer student enrollment is up by nearly a third, while concurrent high school student enrollment rose 15.8%, and total semester credit hours increased 5.9%, according to the college.
—Ryan Anderson, arkansasonline.com, 6 Sep. 2024
What career training will LIFT Academy provide? Upon finishing the four-year program, students get a bachelor’s degree in Aviation Science from Tuskegee University and a private pilot license, having completed 120 credit hours.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Apr. 2024
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Some are credit hours that are part of larger university degree programs and others, like the six-day distiller course at Moonshine University, take less than a week.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 22 Sep. 2024
This fall, first-time transfer student enrollment is up by nearly a third, while concurrent high school student enrollment rose 15.8%, and total semester credit hours increased 5.9%, according to the college.
—Ryan Anderson, arkansasonline.com, 6 Sep. 2024
What career training will LIFT Academy provide? Upon finishing the four-year program, students get a bachelor’s degree in Aviation Science from Tuskegee University and a private pilot license, having completed 120 credit hours.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Apr. 2024
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“Credit hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credit%20hour. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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