Online Undergraduate Admissions

• If you have completed courses in other regionally accredited colleges, you may receive up to 90 semester hours of transfer credit.
• The amount of credit, the courses to be accepted and the method of evaluation will be determined by the nature of the courses and type of institution.
• If you have attended any college or university after graduation from high school, you must submit an official transcript from each institution.
• Please email transcripts to admissions@lbc.edu or mail to: Admissions, 901 Eden Road, Lancaster, PA 17601-5036.

Active service members and veterans of the U.S. armed services may receive college credit for their military training and occupational specialties. Lancaster Bible College follows the credit recommendations established by the American Council on Education (ACE) for courses and occupations from the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Army Reserve and National Guard.

The Community College of the Air Force maintains academic records for members and veterans of the U.S. Air Force. ACE recommendations and CCAF credits are treated as transfer credits and not as Credit for Prior Learning.

To determine the academic credit for your military experience, the online undergraduate office will need to review one or more of the following documents:

• Navy, Marine Corps, Army, Army Reserves and Coast Guard: request a Joint Services Transcript (JST) jst.doded.mil
• Community College of the Air Force transcripts are available from the CCAF Registrar at CCAF/RRR, 130 W. Maxwell Blvd., Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6613.
• Members of other branches: submit separation report DD 214, DA Form 2-1 Personnel Qualification Record or DD Form 295 Application for the Evaluation of Educational Experiences During Military Services.
• Veterans: if you are unable to locate your original military records, you may request copies from the National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records, 9700 Page Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63132.

Credit by Examination is a way to validate learning in an academic area by taking a standardized test. The following examination programs are recognized by LBC’s online undergraduate degrees. A prospective student should consult with the online admissions counselor or academic coach before taking any examination to see how the subject matter will fit their educational goals. Exams that duplicate or overlap previous college credit or courses required to be taken within the online undergraduate program will not be accepted.

Advanced Placement (AP) – a score of 3 or better is required to receive credit for any of the Advanced Placement exams.

College Level Examination Program (CLEP) – a national set of exams on selected topics. Harrisburg Area Community College’s campus in Lancaster and Eastern Mennonite University’s Lancaster campus are the closest testing sites to LBC’s Lancaster campus. To locate CLEP testing sites in your area or learn about remote proctoring, click here for the CLEP Test Center information.

Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Educational Support (DANTES) – introductory college-level exams in more than 50 subjects. Penn State Harrisburg is the closest DANTES testing site to LBC. Find additional DANTES testing sites here.

Earning college credit for documented learning that happened outside the traditional college classroom is one of the unique features of online undergraduate programs.

• If you are an online undergraduate student, you may earn up to 30 semester hours of Life Experience Credit (LEC) through an evaluation process of documented learning that begins by completing the LEC form.
• A program staff member will provide further instructions.
• Up to 30 semester hours of LEC credit can be earned from a number of different sources including workshops, seminars, self-study, noncredit classes, training programs and/or work experiences. It is the prior learning from these sources that will be documented and evaluated by a faculty member in the relevant field to establish the amount of credit to be awarded.