Also, ask if the credits that are accepted grant credit for the specific coursework required for your intended degree. Before our state established the ‘transfer assurance guide’ the universities would ‘accept credit’ at transfer but they wouldn’t necessarily count toward specific classes. For example in the 1990’s, I took a history class at Ohio University and although Ohio State ‘accepted the credit’ I could not use it to fulfill a general education requirement for a history class. It came in as an undefined 3 credit hours, meaning it bumped up my earned credits but didn’t actually help me toward meeting requirements for my degree. And some students depending on who was evaluating their transcript would be able to negotiate credit for a specific history class. It was basically a mess, with community college students arriving to university and needing three plus years of coursework and wondering why they had even started at a community college. Make sure whichever state you pick has worked out such kinks so the years you spend at community college get you where you want to go. Thankfully, Ohio has a great system now and our community colleges offer plenty of the TAG courses.