One of the most unique features of Antioch’s B.A. completion program is prior learning. Antioch recognizes that college-level learning often takes place outside of academic settings. B.A. students often bring a wealth of such prior learning to their studies at Antioch, and the program offers the unique option to convert this learning into academic credit by documentation and evaluation by a qualified supervisor. Students can earn up to 44 units of credit (22 lower-division and 22 upper-division) by documenting learning that took place prior to their enrollment at Antioch.

Most working-adult students enter Antioch University's program with college-level learning, which they have acquired in the workplace, in the home, or in volunteer activities. Crediting Prior Learning is based on the assumption - increasingly accepted in higher education - that considerable college-level learning occurs outside of the traditional classroom.