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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Other universities are also experimenting with reducing necessary credit hours. Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025 The total credit hours taught increased from 33,253 to 36,284. Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025 He's already accumulated 21 college credit hours through AP and Dual Enrollment courses, has a 4.4 weighted grade point average and is involved in five school clubs. Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025 The Fifteen Year Journey to the Three-Year Degree After the idea languished for nearly a decade, Western Governors University (WGU) emerged as an early pioneer in 2018, demonstrating the viability of sub-120 credit bachelor’s degree programs by offering degrees ranging from 97 to 110 credit hours. Bryan Penprase, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for credit hour

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1927, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of credit hour was circa 1927

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“Credit hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credit%20hour. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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