Credential Evaluations

The simple fact is that educational practices and standards often vary widely from one region to the next. As a result, what qualifies as a high school diploma or a bachelors degree in one location may not meet the standards embraced elsewhere. In situations where a person's educational achievements are the single most important mark of qualification – whether one is speaking of college/university enrollment, employment, professional certification, or immigration processing – applicants from outside the U.S. face a significant disadvantage if the parties responsible for reviewing international academic credentials do not possess the specialized knowledge and experience necessary to interpret them properly.

What is a Credential Evaluation?

An academic credential evaluation is a document that analyzes a person's educational background in order to determine a U.S. equivalency.  To put it another way, our reports explain what level of academic achievement an applicant would have been awarded had he or she completed the same number and types of classes at a comparable U.S. school. Researched and written by experts in comparative educational analysis, it effectively serves as a "translation" of academic credentials from one educational system into another.