6 Best Credential Evaluation Services for Texas [2024]

12/15/2023

Coming to Texas from your home country can be tough, although you're smiling, positive and working so hard to better your life here in the USA.

But before you start working or going to school, you may need to do credential evaluation for your foreign educational background. If you ask around, your immigrant family and friends may have had done an education credential evaluation for various purposes like employment, immigration, school applications and so on.

Founded by an immigrant just like you, we at AET are here to help.

In 2024, if you are in the State of Texas and looking for credential evaluation services, this article include 6 education credential evaluation agencies for TX so that you could have an idea of what agencies are out there for you.

1. American Education & Translation Services, Corp. (AET)

(AET Web Page | American Education & Translation Services (AET))

Services Offered:	Foreign Degree Evaluation (Document-by-Document Evaluation) International Transcript Evaluation (Course-by-Course Evaluation)
Office Hours:	Monday to Friday, 9AM to 5PM
Contact Information:	info@americantranslationservice.com \| (786) 250-3999
Pricing & Turnaround Time:	Foreign Degree Evaluation: $100/7 Business Days Course-by-Course Evaluation: $180/8 Business Days
Used for:	Employment, Immigration, Education
About AET:	15 years of experience and many offices across the nation 5-star review customer service ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Evaluation 100% accepted by USCIS & employers Tens of thousands of cases completed Founder worked at an NACES agency for 10+ years as senior associate director Photocopies or scanned copies of original copies accepted

For more information, contact AET directly or click AET Education Credential Evaluation website

2. Transcript Research

Services Offered:	General Evaluation Course-by-Course Evaluation
Office Hours:	Monday to Friday, 9AM to 4PM
Contact Information:	info@transcriptresearch.com \| 214-810-1124
Pricing & Turnaround Time:	General Evaluation: $95 Course-by-Course Evaluation: $175 Turnaround: 3 to 4 weeks
Used for:	Employment, immigration, education
About Transcript Research:	Member of NACES (the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) since 2011, NAFSA: Association of International Educators, TAICEP (The Association of International Education Credential Evaluation Professionals), and EAIE (the European Association for International Educators).

For more information, click Transcript Research website

3. Bruscan Educational Information Services (BEIS)

Services Offered:	General Evaluation Comprehensive Report (Course-by-Course Evaluation)
Office Hours:	Monday to Friday: 10am – 7pm
Contact Information:	info@bruscan.com \| 214-693-3869
Pricing & Turnaround Time:	General Eva;uation: $75 4. Course-by-Course Evaluation: $155 Turnaround: not listed
Used for:	Employment, education
About BEIS:	Established in 2005, it was founded with a purpose to promote and facilitate international education through students and professional mobility and exchange; to engage in the assessment and evaluation of international academic credentials.

For more information, click BEIS website

4. SpanTran: The Evaluation Company

Services Offered:	General Evaluation Course-by-Course Evaluation
Office Hours:	Monday to Thursday, 9AM to 5PM; Friday, 9AM to 4PM
Contact Information:	status@spantran.com \| 713-266-8805
Pricing & Turnaround Time:	General Evaluation: $95 Course-by-Course Evaluation: $190 Turnaround: 10 Business Days
Used for:	Employment, Education
About SpanTran:	7+ years of experience, member of the Association for International Credential Evaluation Professionals (TAICEP), the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).

For more information, click SpanTran website

5. GEO Credential Services

Services Offered:	General Report (Document-by-Document Evaluation)
Office Hours:	8AM to 9PM
Contact Information:	support@gcs.org \| 801-335-4567
Pricing & Turnaround Time:	General Report: $99 Turnaround: 5 Business Days
Used for:	Education
About GEO:	3+ years of experience, a corporate member of NAFSA, AACRAO, and ATA.

For more information, click GEO website

6. Foreign Credentials Service of America

Services Offered:	General Evaluation (Document-by-Document Evaluation) Detailed Evaluation (Course-by-Course Evaluation)
Office Hours:	8AM to 5PM
Contact Information:	info@foreigncredentials.org \| 877-553-42857
Pricing & Turnaround Time:	General Evaluation: $85 Detailed Evaluation: $150 Turnaround: 10 Business Days
Used for:	Immigration, Employment, Education
About FCSA:	Foreign Credentials Service of America (FCSA) was established in 1987 to help workers, employers, students and families integrate experience gained abroad with new lives in the United States.

For more information, click FCSA website

Conclusion

Overall, 6 best foreign credential evaluation agencies that serve Texas are reviewed.

All the agencies have pros and cons but only AET provides reasonable pricing and fast turnaround time for our comprehensive credential evaluation report.

Besides that, AET only requires scanned copies or photocopies of your original credentials which makes the entire process smooth and easy for you, without being worried about losing your documents when you're mailing them to an agency.

Our customer service is guaranteed to respond to you within 30 minutes.

Contact us for a FREE estimate if you are interested!

See lists of other Education Credential Evaluation agencies:
https://www.fldoe.org/teaching/certification/foreign-trained-grads/approved-credential-evaluation-agencie.stml
https://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/foreign-transcript-evaluation-(cl-635)

Further Information about Education Credential Evaluation

Education Credential Evaluation, or Foreign Credential Evaluation/Foreign Education Evaluation, is a service provided by professional evaluation agencies to evaluate educational backgrounds, grades, etc. obtained outside the US.

It 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 degree equivalent to US degree or educational equivalency evaluation.

For more information, click “What is Foreign Credential Evaluation?”

Or contact us for a free estimate.