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{{cquote|<nowiki>[Abel Harding]</nowiki> applied to the University of Florida and was told that none of his credits would transfer. "I had to start over," he says. So, after three years at Pensacola, he enrolled as a freshman at nearby Santa Fe Community College}}
{{cquote|<nowiki>[Amy Brown]</nowiki> graduated from Pensacola in 2003 with a degree in early-childhood education. But because the college is not accredited, she cannot teach in public schools.}}
{{cquote|<nowiki>[2002 MA Graduate]</nowiki> applied to teach English overseas and was accepted. However, a month before he was set to leave, the Hong Kong government told him his degree meant virtually nothing. "I had to enroll at Liberty University which is one of the few schools that will accept PCC's undergrad credits. I had to get another master's degree in education because PCC is not accredited. The Hong Kong government along with Florida education officials concurred that my degrees were worthless. They viewed me as someone who had a high school education."
PCC Education majors are informed their freshman year that the degree which they will earn is geared toward teaching in Christian schools, in particular Christian schools that use the [[A Beka Book]] curriculum.{{fact}} Education majors are also informed that because most states require their teachers to be state certified in order to teach, they would not be able to teach in a public school in their home state following graduation simply with a PCC Education degree.{{fact}} It is generally accepted that it is difficult to become state certified if the applicant's undergraduate degree is unaccredited.
