I have bachlors degree from India How many credits you need more to match your degree?

Answer 1

It depends on the specific program of study, and the evaluation from which colleges and universities make their transfer credit decisions. A bachelor's degree taken in the US can range between 120 to 128 credits. One problem with transferring credits to US colleges and universities from out of country is that the credit hours differ with many required courses having less than what is required within the US. On that bases many schools will not transfer that course in. For example, for schools in the US that operate on a regular semester system, a psychology course is three credits. If the evaluation indicated a course from India was 2 or 2.5 credits, the US school would not accept the course based of the fact there were less contact hours; thus it would not be equivalent. Still, this does not mean credits taken outside the US will not transfer. It just depends on what the evaluation indicates. Still, if the evaluation indicates the degree is equivalent as a whole, graduate schools in most cases will accept that as the required degree prerequisite.