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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In the Bentonville School District, about 10% concurrent credit students exceed 25 credit hours, according to Jennifer Morrow, the district's executive director of secondary education.
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Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 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
Launched in 2012, the College Core is a block of 30 credit hours of college-level dual credit general education courses that can transfer to Indiana colleges.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Eligible programs have between 150 and 600 hours of instruction or equivalent credit hours and last between eight and 15 weeks, among other requirements.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 11 July 2025
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Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 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
Launched in 2012, the College Core is a block of 30 credit hours of college-level dual credit general education courses that can transfer to Indiana colleges.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Eligible programs have between 150 and 600 hours of instruction or equivalent credit hours and last between eight and 15 weeks, among other requirements.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for credit hour
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“Credit hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credit%20hour. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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