Foreign High School Diploma Evaluation in USA [2024]

Written by Jeremy Yan | 09/16/2024

As an immigrant in the US, you might be normally asked to have your foreign high school diploma evaluated when you need employment, militray application, or education.

The reason is that high school diploma is a term used in USA and you may call it differently in your home country. Therefore, you need a high school diploma evaluation to determine its U.S. equivalent.

In 2024, to get you prepared, we'll today take a deep dive into foreign high school diploma evaluation in USA below:

What’s foreign high school diploma evaluation?
Foreign high school diploma equivalency in USA
How to validate a foreign high school diploma in USA?

1. What’s foreign high school diploma evaluation?

Foreign high school diploma evaluation, aka Foreign Credential Evaluation is a service provided by professional evaluation agencies to evaluate educational backgrounds, test scores, professional experiences, etc. obtained outside the United States.

It's an essential procedure for foreign nationals, who are seeking higher education, work authorization (H1B), immigration status, employment, and military recruitment in the United States.

Since your foreign high school diploma may be called different in your own language, the purpose of your foreign credential evaluation is to make your foreign diploma equivalent to a U.S. high school diploma. Therefore, the immigration officer, military, your future employer or school can have a solid understanding of your educational background.

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2. Foreign high school diploma equivalency in USA

To make sure if your foreign high school diploma is equivalent to a U.S. one, here’s a list of some U.S. High School Diploma Equivalents (the left column lists countries in alphabetical order and in the right column the high school diploma equivalents):

Country	U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent
Afghanistan	Baccalauria
Argentina	Bachillerato
Bangladesh	Higher Secondary Certificate
Brazil	Certificado de Conclusao de Segundo grau or Certificado de Ensino Médio
Cameroon	GCE
China	Senior (Upper / High) Middle School Graduation Certificate
Colombia	Bachillerato
Ecuador	Bachillerato en Humanidades/Ciencias
Egypt	General Secondary Education Certificate
El Salvador	Bachiller Academico/General
France	Baccalaurèat
Ghana	WAEC
Honduras	Bachiller en Ciencias y Letras
India	Senior School Certificate
Israel	Te'udat Bagrut
Jamaica	Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination
Kenya	Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
México	Bachillerato
Morocco	Baccalauréat de l'enseignement secondaire
Nigeria	WAEC Senior School Certificate
Pakistan	Higher Secondary Certificate
Panamá	Diploma de Educación Media / Bachiller
Philippines	12 Year Secondary School Graduation
Singapore	Advanced Level Exams
South Africa	National Senior Certificate
United Kingdom	Advanced Level Exams
Venezuela	Bachillerato en Ciencias

For more information, click U.S. High School Diploma Equivalents in all countries; find your diploma’s equivalent around the world.

Here’s a glance of what you might be looking for online:

Bachillerato equivalent in USA: High School Diploma
Moroccan high school diploma equivalent in USA: Baccalauréat de l'enseignement secondaire
GCE equivalent in USA: High School Diploma
WAEC equivalent in USA: High School Diploma
Philippine high school diploma equivalent in USA: 12 Year Secondary School Graduation

3. How to validate a foreign high school diploma in USA?

So, how to validate your high school diploma from another country? The process is actually quite simple.

Typically, when you search for “foreign high school diploma evaluation near me”, you could use these lists to find out a trusted credential evaluation agency to assist you:

They can all meet your needs for employment, immigration, and education.

If you live in Florida, California or Texas, we also listed the following educational evaluators for you:

Overall, there are many credential evaluation agencies that can perform your international transcript evaluation. However, it’s essential to ensure that the chosen evaluation service meets your needs for immigration, employment, military, education and more. The requester may also have specific requirements, such as needing a course-by-course evaluation or a general document-by-document evaluation.

For more information, click “Where to Evaluate International Degree in USA [Ultimate Guide]”

Conclusion

In a nutshell, a high school diploma evaluation is essential if you'd like to use it for employment, military application and even further your education.

Founded by an immigrant just like you, we hope this article answers all of your questions about high school diploma evaluation in USA, because we care at American Education and Translation Services.

Our owner, Jeremy Yan, who is also the Director of Evaluation, worked for a prominent NACES agency for 10+ years as a senior associate director. He was just like you, coming to the US from a foreign country to better his life. And that’s why he wanted to help people like you by providing reliable credential evaluation services with quality service and competitive pricing.

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Foreign Credential Evaluation

A credential evaluation mainly includes 2 types of evaluations:

Foreign Degree Evaluation (Diploma Evaluation/Document by Document)
This report includes U.S. degree equivalency only. It's a basic evaluation that often satisfies requirements for employment and immigration.
Transcript Evaluation (Course by Course)
This most complete report includes U.S. degree equivalency, credits, grades, and GPA. It's recommended for college admission, determining transfer credits or applying for an advanced degree, licensing, USCIS RFE, and more.

with the purpose of making your foreign high school diploma equivalent to US degree or educational equivalency evaluation.

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Jeremy Yan, President & Director of Evaluation at AET

Immigrated to the U.S. back in 1998, Mr. Yan had worked for over 10 years in a prominent NACES (National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) company as a senior associate director and team leader. He has completed hundreds of thousands of foreign credential evaluation of documents from numerous foreign countries for various universities, licensing boards, U.S. government, and immigration services. He is a leading expert at American Education and Translation Services and was invited several times to be a keynote speaker to hundreds of admission counselors of U.S. universities.