According to the articulation agreement among all Florida public institutions of higher learning, students who receive the Associate of Arts degree from Daytona State are guaranteed entry into one of Florida's four-year upper division public institution as juniors. Daytona State also maintains a similar agreement with most of the state's private institutions.

Although an AA degree guarantees admission to an upper division institution, it does not guarantee acceptance to a particular university's selected, special or limited access programs. Associate of arts degree recipients compete for admission to these programs on the same basis as students already enrolled at these institutions.