ATCP Information for International Students

Applicants with an undergraduate or graduate degree from a university or college outside the United States require transcript evaluation by a credential evaluation service. The transcript evaluation must include:

• Educational degree equivalencies
• Overall and last 60 semester hours grade point average.
• Course-by-course analysis.
• Divisional course analysis (if teaching in grades 7-12).
• A “teacher certification” evaluation is preferred.

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) internet-based (iBT) exam scores are required if the language of instruction is not English. 

The required scores are:

Reading:         18–23

Listening:     17–21

Speaking:     20–24

Writing:         17–23

Houston Community College’s (HCC) destination code (DI) is 6296.

TOEFL Exemptions

• English is the primary language of instruction. The institution may provide a letter on official university letterhead confirming English as the official language of instruction.
• If an additional degree is obtained within the United States. However, a credential evaluation service must still evaluate the degree obtained outside the U.S.

The following credential evaluation services are approved for assessing international transcripts for U.S. equivalency as part of Houston Community College’s Alternative Teacher Certification Program:

Foreign Credential Services of America, Austin, TX
(512) 459-8428 

Global Credential Evaluators, Inc., College Station, TX
(800) 707-0979  

International Academic Credential Evaluators, Denton, TX
(940) 383-7498

SDR Educational Consultants, Inc., Houston, TX
(713) 460-3525

SpanTran Evaluation Services, Houston, TX
(713) 266-8805

Worldwide Education Consultant Services, Inc., Houston, TX & Brownsville, TX
(281) 829-9243 (Houston) | (956) 350-4660 (Brownsville)
wecshouston@wecseval.com