According to the U.S. News & World Report and Forbes, the university's acceptance rate was 66% in 2012,[26][27] which was considered selective for a state university.[3] According to Forbes in their 2015 survey, the university's acceptance rate was 61%.[29] Portland State also has a dual enrollment agreement with Portland Community College and Clackamas Community College that allows students of the two schools to take courses at either school,[30][31] and also complies with the Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer Degree curriculum (A.A.O.T.), which allows accepted students who have completed two year associate degrees at an Oregon community college to transfer into the university at junior level.[32]