Well, technically speaking, yes the credits you earn at DeVry can be transferred to a regular university or college. There are some extra details here that are important though; I found out the hard way when I enrolled at Long Beach Community College to continue my college education.
In junior college, there are core classes which are necessary to take in order for you to receive a degree in the major you are enrolled in (declared). There are also elective courses for you to take in order to 'round out' your education. Students only need a certain number of credit hours from elective courses to fulfill their graduation requirements. Once you complete your electives, any future elective classes you take will not apply to your graduation credit hour requirement. You can still take the electives if you'd like, they just won't contribute to anything except your brain (which isn't a bad thing).
The DeVry courses that I took to receive for my Associate's Degree in Electronics and Computer Technology were useless at Long Beach City, because they were considered 'elective' credit. The only purpose they could serve would be towards getting an AS degree in Electronics from LBCC...which I already had from DeVry University. There's more to this story too. My DeVry Long Beach curriculum included general ed, non-elective courses like Physics and Trigonometry. When I enrolled at LBCC as a student pursuing transfer to the engineering program at Cal State University, I thought I'd receive credit for these courses and as a result I'd already be two classes down on a bachelor's degree in engineering. Not so. Apparently, the Physics and Trig taught at DeVry is not college-level. Of course, I could receive credit for these as 'prep classes' but that doesn't mean anything or help me in any way.
There is one DeVry class that I was able to transfer and receive full college credit for: Psychology. Go figure.
In junior college, there are core classes which are necessary to take in order for you to receive a degree in the major you are enrolled in (declared). There are also elective courses for you to take in order to 'round out' your education. Students only need a certain number of credit hours from elective courses to fulfill their graduation requirements. Once you complete your electives, any future elective classes you take will not apply to your graduation credit hour requirement. You can still take the electives if you'd like, they just won't contribute to anything except your brain (which isn't a bad thing).
The DeVry courses that I took to receive for my Associate's Degree in Electronics and Computer Technology were useless at Long Beach City, because they were considered 'elective' credit. The only purpose they could serve would be towards getting an AS degree in Electronics from LBCC...which I already had from DeVry University. There's more to this story too. My DeVry Long Beach curriculum included general ed, non-elective courses like Physics and Trigonometry. When I enrolled at LBCC as a student pursuing transfer to the engineering program at Cal State University, I thought I'd receive credit for these courses and as a result I'd already be two classes down on a bachelor's degree in engineering. Not so. Apparently, the Physics and Trig taught at DeVry is not college-level. Of course, I could receive credit for these as 'prep classes' but that doesn't mean anything or help me in any way.
There is one DeVry class that I was able to transfer and receive full college credit for: Psychology. Go figure.
As I've mentioned before, I'm not trying to bad mouth DeVry U and I'll go so far as to recommend DeVry to people meeting certain criteria. It is important, however, that you understand some of the games they play in order to tout their job placement, accrediation and so forth. Yes, DeVry is accredited and their courses can be transferred. However, that doesn't mean that transferring your DeVry courses to another school actually works in a meaningful way.
