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What is

degree-completion?

QUESTION:

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If you’re looking to earn your bachelor’s, Degree-Completion at Roberts Wesleyan College can save you 2-11 years and 50% or more off tuition and books!

FACT:

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According to CAEL, A Consumer’s Guide to Going to School, a working adult can expect to spend 3 to 12 years in school and spend $50,000 or more to earn a traditional bachelor’s degree.

FACT:

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Before we talk about the how lets explore why you would even be interested in a degree

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Everyone likes to save

but is that any reason to choose to finish your bachelor’s degree?

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Professionals with a bachelor’s degree receive 35% more in their paycheck, on average, than their counterparts equipped with an associate’s degree.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics

FACT:

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65% of U.S. jobs will require some form of post-secondary education (that includes bachelor’s degrees) by 2020.

SOURCE: A Decade Behind. Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2012: http://www.luminafoundation.org/stronger_nation/report/main-narrative.html

FACT:

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Earning a bachelor’s degree not only opens doors to advance your career into leadership and management roles, it can also increase:

your professional opportunities your earning potential

BOTTOM-LINE:

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IN OTHER WORDS…

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at Roberts can save you and while preparing you to earn more and land a better job.

DEGREE-COMPLETION time

money

money

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How is this

possible?

QUESTION:

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at Roberts allows adult learners to leverage past college credits and earn college credit for what you already know.

DEGREE-COMPLETION

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Past college credits (C- and above)

transferred

Your past college credits with a grade of C- or above will transfer to Roberts, regardless of how old they may be.

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1. Professional Training (including police and military), Certificates, Licenses, etc.

You can also earn credit for:

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1. Professional Training (including police and military), Certificates, Licenses, etc.

2. Academic paper(s) you write to demonstrate college-level learning gained from your life/professional experience (called Life Learning Papers)

You can also earn credit for:

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1. Professional Training (including police and military), Certificates, Licenses, etc.

2. Academic paper(s) you write to demonstrate college-level learning gained from your life/professional experience (called Life Learning Papers)

3. Passing credit bearing tests in a specific content area (DSST and CLEP exams)

You can also earn credit for:

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You’ve worked hard in your career and education – now it’s time to put that experience to work and turn it into a bachelor’s degree from

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What does it take to get started earning

your bachelor’s with degree-completion?

QUESTION:

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To enter a Roberts’ degree-completion program, you need a minimum of 60 college credits from:

• Past college experiences • Professional training • Life learning papers • DSST/CLEP exams

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

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You then complete the requirements for your program.

ONCE YOU BEGIN

Roberts Degree-Completion Programs require 37-60 credits, depending on your chosen major

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Up to 27 credits may be needed to meet graduation requirements (124 credits total)

ADDITIONAL CREDITS

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Once you have the minimum 124 credits (including your completed degree-completion program)

you are ready to graduate with your bachelor’s degree!

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

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A Program Advisor will work with you from to insure you meet all requirements for your degree.

ROBERTS SUPPORTS YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY

APPLICATION GRADUATION

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Transform your life and professional experience

into a college degree

That’s degree-completion www.roberts.edu/DEGREE-COMPLETION

THANK YOU