Adult Collegiate Education is an accelerated bachelor’s degree program for high school graduates age 25 and older; GEDs and foreign equivalencies are also accepted. Upon completing eight liberal arts courses that fulfill most of Queens College’s distributional requirements, ACE participants may apply for up to 36 tuition-free life achievement credits based on personal or professional experience. Thereafter, these students choose majors and electives. 

ACE students are different from typical eighteen-year-old college students. Many of you are coming back to get the college education you missed or were denied earlier. Most of you have careers, families, and commitments, but you have placed a college degree high on your priority list. Some of you are changing careers in these volatile times, empowering yourself with new skills and information. All of you are anxious about attaining a college degree. The ACE Program is designed to help you to meet that challenge. For more information, please contact the ACE office.