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There are a vari­ety of options for stu­dents who have earned some amount of under­grad­u­ate cred­its who are look­ing to fin­ish their bachelor’s degree with an online degree com­ple­tion pro­gram. Bach­e­lor’s degrees require stu­dents to com­plete 120 cred­its, which usu­al­ly takes four years to fin­ish’ how­ev­er, if you trans­fer a large num­ber of cred­its you can con­sid­er­ably cut down the time that it will take you to grad­u­ate. Schools have dif­fer­ent trans­fer poli­cies, but many of the best degree com­ple­tion pro­grams allow their stu­dents to trans­fer up to 90 cred­its from oth­er insti­tu­tions, which lets stu­dents com­plete their degree with­in one year or less. Addi­tion­al­ly, some schools award cred­it for mil­i­tary or pro­fes­sion­al expe­ri­ence if you are employed with­in the field of your aca­d­e­m­ic major.

Stu­dents look­ing to com­plete their degree should con­tact an aca­d­e­m­ic advi­sor at their desired schools to make sure they are trans­fer­ring the largest amount of cred­its pos­si­ble. The more cred­its you trans­fer, the less you will have to pay to com­plete your degree as well. For ref­er­ence to some of the fastest online bach­e­lor degree pro­grams with­out an appli­ca­tion fee, check out our list of the Top 20 Fastest Bachelor’s Degrees With No Appli­ca­tion Fees. Let’s take a clos­er look at a cou­ple of great options for online degree com­ple­tion pro­grams with no appli­ca­tion fee.

Loyola University Chicago

Loy­ola Uni­ver­si­ty Chica­go is a pri­vate Catholic research uni­ver­si­ty that was found­ed in 1870. The uni­ver­si­ty offers sev­en ful­ly online bach­e­lor degree pro­grams that encour­age degree com­ple­tion stu­dents to grad­u­ate as fast as pos­si­ble. Bach­e­lor degree options include majors in Applied Com­mu­ni­ca­tion, Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­o­gy, and Applied Psy­chol­o­gy. Addi­tion­al­ly, prac­tic­ing reg­is­tered nurs­es can apply for Loyola’s RN to BSN degree pro­gram. Loy­ola accom­mo­dates degree com­ple­tion stu­dents by hav­ing no max­i­mum cred­it trans­fer from oth­er accred­it­ed four-year insti­tu­tions, as long as they received a pass­ing grade in the class. The only require­ment for trans­fer stu­dents is that they must take a min­i­mum of a 45 hours of instruc­tion at Loy­ola in order to earn their degree. Tuition for the 2017–18 Loy­ola school year came out to $43,078, though 96% of stu­dents received some form of finan­cial aid.

Averett University

Averett Uni­ver­si­ty is a pri­vate uni­ver­si­ty that was estab­lished in 1859, and is locat­ed in Danville, Vir­ginia. Averett offers Grad­u­ate and Pro­fes­sion­al Stud­ies (GPS) online degree pro­grams that give stu­dents sched­ule flex­i­bil­i­ty to com­plete their degree on their own time. Bach­e­lor degree com­ple­tion pro­grams include Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion, Lead­er­ship Stud­ies, and Soci­ol­o­gy and Crim­i­nal Jus­tice, among oth­ers. Prac­tic­ing nurs­es can also com­plete their RN-BSN degree through Averett’s online pro­gram. The uni­ver­si­ty offers prospec­tive stu­dents to receive a free trans­fer cred­it eval­u­a­tion, where an aca­d­e­m­ic advi­so­ry will help walk you through the trans­fer process and ensure that you are trans­fer­ring as many cred­its as pos­si­ble. Under­grad­u­ates at Averett are allowed to trans­fer up to 60 cred­its if they earned a C or bet­ter in their pre­vi­ous class­es, though pre­vi­ous grades will not count towards a student’s GPA. The tuition rate at Averett Uni­ver­si­ty came out to $33,350 for the 2017–18 school year, though 100% of stu­dents receive some form of finan­cial aid.

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