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GED® – College Ready + Credit

If you passed the GED® exam in 2014 or later, you may be eligible to earn college credit and get ahead in your coursework. Check the tables below to see what you could be awarded based on your exam scores. 

GED® scores needed to earn college credit

GED® Test Score Required MHCC Credit Awarded MHCC Award Posted on Transcript 

Mathematical 

175-200

4

College-Level Math

Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA)

175-200

2

Arts & Letters (for the AGS) or elective (all other degrees)

Science

175-200

4

Non-Lab Science

Social Studies 

175-200

4

Social Science

GED® scores needed for course placement

GED® Test

Score Required

Course Placement

Mathematical Reasoning

165+

MTH111Z Precalculus I: Functions

Reasoning Through Language Arts

165+

RD117 and WR121Z Composition I

Send your GED® transcript to MHCC

If you are ready to earn college credit for your GED® certificate, request an official GED® transcript by following the instructions on the GED® website. Then, send your GED® transcript to MHCC admissions and records at the following address:

Mt. Hood Community College
Admissions and Records
26000 S.E. Stark St.
Gresham, OR 97030

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Remote by appointment
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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