The Southside Virginia Community College dual-enrollment program has gained recent acclaim from the Gene Thomas Commonwealth Legacy Scholars. Their dual-enrollment program is located among various sites throughout the state, which is convenient for participating students. Although each site provides different courses, the dual-enrollment program is most noted for its pre-engineering, cosmetology, design, nursing, and technology courses. The principals of participating high schools must approve each student's course selection before the semester begins.
The Community College of Philadelphia's dual-enrollment is a partnership with the School District of Philadelphia titled College Excel. The College Excel program pays for tuition and textbooks for academically advanced juniors and seniors. Students in this program are allowed to take advanced math, science, and English courses, as well as psychology, pre-nursing, theater, African studies, and business management courses.
The dual-enrollment program at John Tyler Community College in Virginia has a list of prerequisite courses that high school students must pass prior to their eligibility. Students are also required to pass a placement exam before enrolling. However, John Tyler offers several different courses to dual-enrollment students. These courses include architecture, art, music, physical education, foreign languages, mass communications, and even child care.
Julian Charter School in California allows their students to take dual-enrollment courses at San Diego Community College and Riverside Community College. Unlike other dual-enrollment programs, Julian Charter School requires students to pay the full tuition costs to take these advance college credits. In addition, students of Julian Charter School must choose from a course list of transferable course credits from universities in California. These courses include entry-level English, math, biology, physical science, and astronomy.