-- Posted by SgtPatches at 9:50 pm on July 20, 2008 How many credit hours are typically in a year of college? -- Posted by violaghost at 9:52 pm on July 20, 2008 12 to remain a full student, 18 max, 16 on average. Thats a semester though, so double that for a year. -- Posted by dreamweaver at 10:07 pm on July 20, 2008 Let's see... the last school I was in; -16 credits means you're full time -20 is max, without having to pay extra or having a paper signed -12 was considered part time That school was a quarterly school with 4 credits per class, twice a week. A quarter is 12 weeks (I think).There are 3 3 month long quarters in a typical school. The school I've transferred to is setup like this; - full time is 18 credits - anything over 21 credits is the same as above - part time is under 12 This school is on semesters, each class is usually 2.75-3 credits which is 2-3 times a week. A semester is 14 weeks (I think). There are 2 semesters in a year. --- In the summer, it's usually split in half with a week between them. Basically, you're doing twice the work in half the time of a normal semester/quarter. Some people like it better because of that and some don't really care much for it. -- Posted by Dont Notice Me at 12:24 pm on July 21, 2008 a whole school year for me will be 30 hours