What is the Academic Common Market/Electronic Campus (ACM/EC) program?
• Like the Academic Common Market, the ACM/EC allows students in selected distance learning programs to pay in-state tuition rates when similar degree programs are not available at colleges and universities in the students’ home state. • Students can enroll in out-of-state institutions that offer their degree program online, and pay only the in-state tuition rates. Hundreds of undergraduate and graduate programs are available for residents of SREB states. You can easily search programs available for your homes state by clicking Search for ACM/EC Programs • The ACM/EC program is not competitive or merit-based, but applicants must meet state residency and college program requirements. • North Carolina and Texas do not include online degree programs in their ACM inventory. • The ACM/EC eliminates unnecessary duplication of academic programs among participating states, recognizing that it is impractical for any institution or single state to develop or maintain degree programs in every fie
