Excelsior College to become Excelsior University

[TwinMom]

https://www.excelsior.edu/about/universi...f4AP0_nWHY

[bjcheung77]

OK, that means bye bye bye to COSC, for just a tad more at 7 credits, Excelsior would be tied with UMPI for my first choice, TESU/WGU would be second, and COSC/PUG third. BTW, for those who graduated already, you can get a reprint!

Can students who graduated from Excelsior College, Regents College, or The University of the State of New York order a new diploma with Excelsior University listed?
After August 1, 2022, alumni can order diploma reprints to receive Excelsior University diplomas. More details will be available closer to August 1.

[rachel83az]

About time they became a "proper" university!

[Jonathan Whatley]

New York State has strict regulations around the name University. For example, DeVry University has long had a physical campus in New York but it operates there as DeVry College of New York.

Touro College in New York was flagship campus of the Touro College and University System – which includes New York Medical College, Touro University California, Touro University Nevada, and Touro University Worldwide – but the flagship couldn't operate as "Touro University" in its home state.

This year the State Board of Regents has approved a wave of New York private nonprofit colleges renaming to University. Joanna Silver of Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC writes at JDSupra:

In order for a college to become a university in New York, a petition to amend the institution’s charter must be filed with the Board of Regents. A review of the minutes from the February 2022 and March 2022 meetings of the Board of Regents reveals that several New York colleges – D’Youville, Touro, Utica, Daemen, Excelsior and Molloy – have already had their charter amendment petitions approved by the Board of Regents, officially changing their corporate names from ‘college’ to ‘university.’

[bluebooger]

> TESU/WGU would be second,

that really depends on what you want to study though, correct ?

although they do have a lot ...

BA in Liberal Arts
BS in History
BS in Liberal Arts
BS in Natural Sciences
BS in Psychology
BS in Social Sciences

BPS in Technology Management
BS in Cybersecurity
BS in Electrical Engineering Technology
BS in Information Technology
BS in Nuclear Engineering Technology

BPS in Business And Management
BS in Business

BS in Criminal Justice
BS in Homeland Security and Emergency Management
BS in Military Leadership
BS in National Security

they don't have a CS degree, or a math degree

the only things i would be interested in is the
BS in Natural Sciences or the BS in Information Technology

and the tuition is pretty high at $510 per credit
https://www.excelsior.edu/costs-and-fina...rgraduate/

(20% discount if you've taken 2 study.com courses)
$410 *
* Tuition per credit reverts to the non-partner rate if the student does not complete a minimum of twelve (12) Excelsior College online course credits.

https://www.excelsior.edu/partner/study-com/

edit: and I just read that the natural science degree requires an upper level lab -- so that might be difficult to find

[frankc]

Just about to start at Excelsior, got lucky I guess

[LevelUP]

They must have read the trend about universities changing their names and hopped on the bandwagon!

https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...University

[collegecareerstudent]

I really hope COSC follows suit. It's really a great school and I loved my time there, but a name change would be helpful!

[Insert Name]

If everything lines up right, I might be in the first batch of University grads!

[ShotoJuku]

OK, that means bye bye bye to COSC, for just a tad more at 7 credits, Excelsior would be tied with UMPI for my first choice, TESU/WGU would be second, and COSC/PUG third.  BTW, for those who graduated already, you can get a reprint!

Can students who graduated from Excelsior College, Regents College, or The University of the State of New York order a new diploma with Excelsior University listed?
After August 1, 2022, alumni can order diploma reprints to receive Excelsior University diplomas. More details will be available closer to August 1.

Students will be able to order new diploma https://www.excelsior.edu/about/university-designation/