I am an individual seeking to have my education recognized in the U.S. for the purposes of further education, employment, professional licensure, or immigration.
I am an individual seeking to have my education recognized in Canada for the purpose of further education.
I am an admissions officer, registrar, employer, member of licensing board, or credential evaluator working with individuals who want to come to the U.S. or Canada.
I am an agent, international education counselor (IEC), or recruiter working with individuals who want to have their educational credentials evaluated so they can study or work in the U.S. or Canada.
I am a healthcare manager or administrator preparing for an accreditation inspection, compliance review, or new employee.
For 40 years Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE) has been ensuring that foreign-educated people are respected and recognized for their educational achievements. We review academic achievements by individuals from other countries and convert them to the U.S. or Canadian system for purposes of studying or working in the United States or studying in Canada.
Our mission is to promote the betterment of individuals' lives and society by ensuring that educational qualifications are fairly and accurately recognized across borders.
We welcome immigrants and refugees from all countries and remain committed to serving you.
For 40 years Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE) has been the premier assessment provider in the United States. We have grown from a basement in Wisconsin to a founding member of NACES to the #2 provider of international educational credential assessments in the U.S. And now that experience and expertise is available to you if you plan to further your education in Canada.
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Online chat with a real person is available every weekday. You can even talk with the evaluator who prepared your report if needed. We return all messages within one business day.
We've streamlined our process to complete our reports in an average of just 5 business days. This is the fastest in the field.
We use our more than 400 years of combined evaluator experience and an average of 12 years of experience per practicing evaluator, an unsurpassed reference library of over 35,000 publications and files, and service to more than 600,000 applicants.
These core values are integral to everything we do. We are driven to deliver on our mission to "promote the betterment of individuals' lives and society" with the highest quality and a compassionate approach.
We are dedicated to serving our customers, keeping our costs competitive, and giving back to those in need. Our ECE® Aid charitable initiative provides free reports to refugees and others who need a little help.
ECE prepares reports based on the documents considered official in the country in which they were issued. We require the most secure and reliable educational documentation available. But, we know that there can be challenges in some countries. Therefore, our Documentation Requirements vary by country.
We are proud to be a recipient of the Better Business Bureau 2018 Torch Awards for Ethics!
"Born, raised and educated in Australia, I chose to travel the world once I completed my undergraduate degree. Some years later, I decided it was time to further my education and found myself in the U.S. I heard horrible things from fellow international students about trying to get degrees "converted" to American equivalents ... thankfully, ECE made it quick, easy and completely painless. The results were just what I needed."
- Beck Lamb, Australia
"I compared many and found ECE's process easy and economical. I got my evaluation report within 30 days time in a well-packed envelope with all my originals back. Good evaluation report format, timely services. I achieved my objective. Keep it up."
- - Lokesh Khandelwal, India
"ECE has been helpful! I joined the National Guard with a higher pay grade and the rank of Specialist because of my college degree from Mexico. They checked and validated the transcript from ECE, and it was all good. Eventually I will use this evaluation for further education."
- Juan Gonzalez, Mexico
We are continuing on in our series about volunteer work and employees who are taking advantage of ECE's service time off program. This week we're looking at an opportunity that allows for strengthening not only the community, but the day-to-day tasks of an evaluator. While ECE requires translations for all foreign language documents, many staff members have various levels of expertise with multiple languages.
As part of our series on volunteers, we're looking at how ECE employees use their service time to give back...or in this case, give blood!
In 2020, New Zealand instituted a reform of their vocational education and training (VET) system to better serve hitherto under-served groups of learners, such as Māori, Pacific peoples, and learners with disabilities or special learning needs. Another goal of the reform is to better meet the needs of employers.
One way ECE tries to fulfill a part of its mission (which includes the betterment of individual's lives and society) is by allotting benefit time to staff members in order to volunteer.
Since 1987 Educational Credential Evaluators has been a Charter Member and a Member in Good Standing of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).