Degree and Credit Progress
Degree Progress Calculator
Credit completion and non-credit milestones remain separate so one strong percentage cannot conceal an unfinished requirement.
Enter the degree audit totals
Calculation method
Basis: Credits and non-credit milestones are reported independently; they are not averaged into a synthetic degree-completion score.
When the curriculum changes
A teach-out or catalog transition can preserve some requirements and replace others. Run the old and new audits separately before choosing a program version; do not combine their denominators.
The shorter credit path may still contain a longer prerequisite sequence or new non-credit condition.
Degree audits contain more than credits
A student can reach the credit total while still lacking residency, placement, thesis, examination, or application requirements.
Conversely, milestones may be complete while required credits remain. Separate outputs preserve both conditions.
A companion calculation can include currently enrolled credits in a forward-looking estimate.
Audit credits and milestones separately
- Confirm the applicable catalog or program version.
- Reconcile credits applied to requirements.
- List non-credit milestones separately.
- Investigate any audit exception before planning completion.
Only applicable credits belong in progress
Earned credits that do not satisfy the current program may appear on a transcript without advancing this audit.
Use the official degree audit when substitutions, transfer work, or curriculum changes affect applicability.
The work can also separate general education, major, and elective requirements.
Questions about the result
Can the two percentages be averaged?
That would assign an arbitrary equal weight to credits and milestones, so this page keeps them separate.
Should in-progress courses count as earned?
No. Add them only after credit is formally earned and applied.
What if the program has no non-credit requirements?
Use the credit result and ignore the non-credit line rather than entering a zero denominator.
A degree audit with two requirement types
With 76 of 120 applicable credits, credit completion is 63.3% and 44 credits remain. Completing five of eight non-credit requirements gives a separate 62.5% milestone rate.
Keep the audit version with the percentages
Record the catalog year, program, concentration, audit date, earned applicable credits, and every non-credit status. A later curriculum change can alter both denominators without any new coursework.
Save approved substitutions and waivers by requirement rather than merely increasing the completed count. Their documentation may be needed during graduation review.
When a milestone is partly complete, keep it in a working checklist; do not invent fractional completion unless the institution formally uses it.
If a requirement is waived, distinguish the waiver from completed coursework. Both can remove a remaining condition, but only one adds earned credit and the distinction matters when records are transferred or reviewed.
Review the result with an adviser or registrar when the audit contains exceptions. This arithmetic can reconcile totals, but it cannot decide whether a substitution, concentration rule, residency condition, or pending petition satisfies institutional policy.