Excelsior College

Excelsior College was founded as Regents College in 1971. It gained its name in 1998 and is an accredited college offering quality online education to the adult learners. The courses offered are also cost effective. It is one of the best online and distance education provider and offers courses ranging from associate to bachelor degree in varied areas like liberal arts, nursing, business, technology, and health sciences, and master level in liberal studies, nursing, and business. It also offers certificate programs by its Schools of Business and Technology, Health Sciences, Liberal Arts, and Nursing.

Why choose Excelsior College?

Excelsior is considered to be the world leader in online education and has had over 136,000 graduates taking up different types of courses here. These courses are flexible, convenient and affordable as well as accredited bringing credibility to the courses offered.

Excelsior College programs are affordable as it offers the cost benefits like:

• Reduced expenses
• Excelsior College® Examinations are lesser expensive than courses offered by most colleges.
• Lesser restrictions on transfer policies resulting in lesser requirement of number of credits
• Flexibility enabling you to pursuing higher education even while working
• Military-specific tuition and fee options.

Varied payment plan options are being offered
Financial aid is offered through varied sources like:

• Federal Student Financial Aid (Title IV)
• Private loan programs
• Veterans Affairs educational benefits
• New York State financial aid programs
• Excelsior College scholarships
• Other scholarship programs

Accreditation for Excelsior College

Excelsior College has received accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, which is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The various academic programs offered by the college are registered by the New York State Education Department. Likewise, the National League accredits all the various nursing degrees at varied levels like associate, bachelor, and master degree programs for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), which is a specialized accrediting agency for nursing recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education, and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

The business courses like bachelor degree programs in accounting (NYS CPA Track) and business are accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), which is a specialized accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). Similarly the bachelor degree programs in electronics engineering technology and nuclear engineering technology are accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc., which is a specialized accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

Recognition Won by Excelsior College

The Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program has been accepted into full membership by the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP and the College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT) by the American Council on Education offers college credit for Excelsior College® Examinations that is the only nursing exams evaluated and recommended for credit by ACE CREDIT.