Dual Credit Program


Dual Credit StudentsWho is Eligible

  • High School students, age 16, enrolled in the 11th or 12th grade in good academic standing at a participating public, private, charter, or home school.
     
  • Students with a recommendation from their high school counselor.
     
  • Students admitted to the college and meet minimum test scores.

What are the Minimum Test Scores

Students entering Eastfield must meet Texas Success Initiative (TSI) requirements.  This can be done by taking either the Accuplacer or Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) and making passing scores in subject areas of reading, writing and/or math.  What subject areas need to be passed depends on the course(s) to be taken.


Test Exemptions

TAKS Scores
  2200 on exit level TAKS in English Language Arts (with a writing score of 3) and/or Math.
   
SAT Scores
  500 Critical Reading, 500 Math with a composite score of 1070.
   
ACT Scores
  19 Verbal, 19 Math with a composite score of 23.

 

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