07-19-2024, 04:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-07-2025, 12:36 AM by Jonathan Whatley.)
Mod edit: For Undergrad options, I've split the thread here: $1350 Patten Bachelor
The DEAC has approved the already nationally accredited Patten University to launch a new division named the Elmwood Institute. The Elmwood Institute currently offers one program, a Master of Leadership and Management.
Tuition is currently listed as $25 per credit x 36 credits = $900 for the entire degree ($75 per 3-credit course).
Each course is completed within a 16-week term but is described as "self-paced." The start of each calendar month is the start of a new 16-week term, so terms overlap.
In addition to the 12 courses there is a comprehensive exam or an approved project.
A bachelor's degree or international equivalent is required for admission.
The non-Elmwood Institute main body of Patten University continues to offer several programs at more normal tuition, $330 per credit graduate level.
This Patten University is not regionally accredited. The name has a complicated history. A school named Patten University was once a brick-and-mortar institution in Oakland, California and once held regional accreditation from WASC, but in several asset sales it converted to for-profit online and then lost its accreditation. Later its name was acquired by American Graduate University. AGU then changed its name to Patten University while retaining AGU's own pre-existing national accreditation from the DEAC.
The DEAC has approved the already nationally accredited Patten University to launch a new division named the Elmwood Institute. The Elmwood Institute currently offers one program, a Master of Leadership and Management.
Tuition is currently listed as $25 per credit x 36 credits = $900 for the entire degree ($75 per 3-credit course).
Each course is completed within a 16-week term but is described as "self-paced." The start of each calendar month is the start of a new 16-week term, so terms overlap.
In addition to the 12 courses there is a comprehensive exam or an approved project.
A bachelor's degree or international equivalent is required for admission.
The non-Elmwood Institute main body of Patten University continues to offer several programs at more normal tuition, $330 per credit graduate level.
This Patten University is not regionally accredited. The name has a complicated history. A school named Patten University was once a brick-and-mortar institution in Oakland, California and once held regional accreditation from WASC, but in several asset sales it converted to for-profit online and then lost its accreditation. Later its name was acquired by American Graduate University. AGU then changed its name to Patten University while retaining AGU's own pre-existing national accreditation from the DEAC.
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