Back to School at WGU

No barriers to going back to school.

Start at any time.

With degree programs that start the first of each month, any time is back-to-school time at WGU! That means, if you apply now, you don’t have to wait until next year to get started. WGU takes the barriers out of going back to school. Get started on your educational journey today.

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Tuition you can afford.

Stretch your education dollars further! Affordable tuition—between $7,000 and $9,000 per year for most programs—means you can earn your degree with little or no new student debt.

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A smarter way to complete your degree.

Utilize your previous experience, ability to learn quickly, and extra time spent studying can help you graduate ahead of schedule. WGU allows you to do coursework at a pace that works for you, and revolves around your busy life.

See why our competency-based education model works

Back to School Scholarship

Interested? Step 1: Apply for admission to WGU (we'll waive the $65 fee!) Step 2: Apply for this limited-time $2,000 scholarship opportunity!

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Hear WGU grads tell their back-to-school story.

“Enrollment was perfectly easy for me. I was able to submit online and somebody called me within a day to start the whole process. Within two or three weeks I was ready to go for my first term.” Bryon Denton
M.S. Nursing – Education

FASTER

Learn, prove it, move on.

Competency-based education focuses on learning rather than seat time. You’re in the driver’s seat. Each course is a collection of defined competencies—knowledge and skills that employers are looking for from successful graduates. You study on your schedule. As soon as you can prove you’ve mastered the competencies, you take an assessment, pass it, and move on. You spend your time learning new concepts, not rehashing subjects you already know. You can set the pace to graduate early. And in the end, your degree is proof you’ve shown that you’re what employers are looking for!

MORE SUPPORT

Your success is our job.

From before you enroll to after you graduate, our #1 job is a better life for you and your family. Think of it as the best of both worlds; a program that offers complete independence and more support than you ever knew you needed—at exactly the moment you need it! From the enrollment counselor who helps you decide if WGU is the right fit for you, to the faculty mentors who are obsessed with your academic progress, to the student and tech support teams who are eager to help you solve any issues you might encounter as a student, you’re never alone—even though you’re online. And even after you’ve graduated, career and alumni support is just a call away.

GREATER VALUE

Smaller investment, bigger returns.

At WGU, affordability means cutting-edge programs at tuition rates that are half what you’d pay at other online universities. It means graduating with little or no student debt. It means scholarship and financial aid opportunities and minimal, transparent fees. It means a flat-rate per-term tuition so that when you save time, you also save money. And it means understanding that value includes quality, flexibility, relevance, and results, not just cost.