Associate of Science in Business Administration (ASBA)
NECB can help you achieve your goal of an Associate of Science in Business Administration (ASBA) degree online. Our programs are specifically designed to prepare you to enter today's demanding business world and to grow your career. Choose from one of five concentrations in some of today's most in-demand professional fields: general business, accounting, banking / finance, management, or marketing. This ASBA is designed so that you can smoothly transition to the bachelor's degree completion program, where you will earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree.
As a graduate of the ASBA program you will apply critical thinking and problem solving skills to explore solutions to environmental and organizational dilemmas. You will apply principles of oral, written, and interpersonal communication in daily personal and professional environments. You will analyze major economic, political, social, and intellectual influences affecting the development of modern civilization. You will be able to use an understanding of business issues in planning and decision making. You will also be able to apply general accounting and financial principles, skills and analysis to the workplace.
Degree Planning
NECB offers six degree concentrations, each with different requirements. Choose the worksheet below for your desired concentration to assist you with your course schedule.
Undergraduate Courses
All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.
General Education Course Descriptions
ART301 Art History and Appreciation
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: This course examines the meaning, purpose, function, and classification of art and architecture. The course assesses visual elements and principles of design necessary for creating art and the materials and techniques employed in making two and three dimensional artworks. The course covers art-specific vocabulary, methods of interpretation of art and major artistic and architectural achievements in the history of Western culture. Students will examine well-known works of art and architecture through the study of content, technique, form and purpose as they relate to art and architecture. Students will learn to apply critical thinking in assessing, evaluating and debating the artistic techniques and skills utilized to produce enduring works of art and architecture.
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COM201 Business Writing and Communication
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: Business Writing and Communication is designed to help students understand the communication process in both personal and workplace settings. Content is organized to aid in the development of clear, concise, practical, and ethical business and real world communication pieces. Students walk through a case study to practice applying the skills of business writing and in the process utilize and select appropriate channels for communication, including email, memo, letters, reports, PowerPoint, websites, press releases and social media channels.
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COM205 Speech Communication
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: This course is designed to improve oral presentation and communication skills. Technical elements of a high impact presentation will be examined including audience assessment. Students will learn skills of researching, organizing and writing for an effective speech presentation. Students will gain knowledge, skills, and competencies required for successful interpersonal, small group and public communication. Students will learn the various models of speech communication and review and critique speeches on a variety of topics and examine important resources in speech communication throughout the course. The course equips professionals with communication skills necessary for success in public speaking. Students will present an informative or persuasive speech with accompanying PowerPoint as a final group project.
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ECO101 Economics and Society
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: This course emphasizes how events and developments in the economy can affect the market and financial decisions of business. The course provides students with an overview of the fundamental concepts and theories related to economic development from the Middle Ages to the Twenty-First Century. Students will learn a balanced perspective on how the economy has developed and how that economy influences society and how society influences the economy. The course explores and analyzes the role of past economic trends and dynamics and employment and income inequalities that continue to challenge global society, market economies, and governments, especially our own. Students will also learn key terminology, elements of business from an economic viewpoint, and how to illustrate economic principles and elements of business from an economic viewpoint.
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ENG099 Fundamentals of English
Prerequisite: Entrance/Placement Exam. Successful completion of this course with a grade of 'C' or better is required in order to move forward in the undergraduate program.
Purpose: The purpose of this course is to provide students with a solid foundation in grammar, writing and essay techniques. Students will identify parts of speech and learn to write effective and grammatically correct sentences and paragraphs. Students will learn and apply the steps of the writing process through the use of various materials including exercises from www.mywritinglab.com. Students will learn about proper writing style, pattern types, as well as strategies and guidelines for writing an effective essay.
Please note: This is a pre-college-level course and does not award credit that can count toward graduation requirements.
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ENG101 English Composition I
Prerequisite: Placement Exam; Pass Fundamentals of English with a C or higher; or Permission of the College
Purpose: This purpose of this course is to provide students with a solid foundation in writing and research techniques. Students will learn and apply the steps of the writing process. They will identify essay components and learn to write effective and grammatically correct paragraphs. Writing style, pattern types, as well as strategies and guidelines for writing an effective research paper will be evaluated. Students will write an effective and grammatically correct research paper as a final project in this course.
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ENG201 English Composition II
Prerequisite: ENG101 English Composition I
Purpose: The purpose of this course is to build upon writing and research skills learned in English Composition I. Students will apply research strategies and methods for finding information and apply the steps of the writing process and appropriate research and citation methods to write research essays and papers. Students will learn to further utilize the APA Style in writing research essays and papers.
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ENG205 American Literature
Prerequisite: ENG 101 English Composition I
Purpose: This course examines the evolution of American literature from the early 1800’s to our present era. It covers a variety of literary genres and the use of Literary Criticism to articulate aspects of those genres. Students will read a variety of literary works in American literature from the 19th Century to the 21st Century and will demonstrate abilities to read and analyze works as well as their own performances in the various aspects of the course. Students will read works of American authors such as Poe, Irving, Lincoln, Douglass, Whitman, Wharton, O'Neill, Hughes, Fitzgerald, Williams, Lowell, Plath and Sexton as well as culturally diverse American writers like Morrison and Anzaldúa. Students will be engaged on a variety of levels and will learn to analyze and critically evaluate a wide range of ideas and points of view found in the literature that will be studied. Students will be expected to participate in the various aspects of the course such as reading assignments, online discussions, written assignments, a research paper and quizzes.
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HIS201 US History Since 1900
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: This U.S. history course is centered upon the belief that historical events have social, economic and political consequences. The emphasis of the course relates to the relationship among historical events rather than simply a chronological study of isolated events or people. The scope and sequence of the course is designed to highlight themes, processes, and causal relationships between events in order to communicate that history is a process of continuity as well as change. Utilizing this approach will result in an increased ability to recognize and analyze the connection between historical events and present circumstances and conditions. The National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS) validates the thematic approach through its own ten thematic strands of social studies and the goal of "adopting common and multiple perspectives" on historical events.
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FLS101 Financial Literacy
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: This course presents key aspects of financial literacy necessary for lifelong success. A practical approach is followed. Topics covered include: the impact of credit on personal finances and employment opportunities, identifying and avoiding financial fraud, the importance of financial decision making, the impact of income taxes, the use of insurance as a risk management tool, retirement planning, and determining whether or not to file personal bankruptcy.
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INF101 Information Literacy for College Success
Prerequisite: None but Required as First Course in All Undergraduate Programs
Purpose: The purpose of this introductory course is to prepare students to be an online learner and an information literate individual in a technological world. The course provides an understanding of NECB's learning technologies, support services, and necessary skills for online student success. The primary function of this course is to provide students with the necessary skills of Information Literacy which prepare students to recognize what information is needed, when it is needed and how to locate, evaluate and use it effectively. Extensive practice in using the NECB eLibrary databases is integral in learning to be an information literate student at NECB. The course content aligns with the national standards as established by the American Library Association and the Association of College & Research Libraries.
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MAT099 Fundamentals of Math
Prerequisite: Entrance/Placement Exam. Successful completion of this course with a grade of 'C' or better is required in order to move forward in the undergraduate program.
Purpose: This course focuses on concepts and applications of arithmetic, including whole numbers, fractions, ratios, proportions, the decimal system, and percents. Brief introductions to algebra, formulas, algebraic expressions, and linear equations are also included. Special emphasis is placed on the application of basic math skills to common workplace problems and real-life situations.
Students may be required to take MAT 099 based on the Math placement test and prior to registering for MAT 103 Business Mathematics and/or MAT 105 College Algebra. Students must pass Fundamentals of Math with a “C� or higher before enrolling in college level math courses.
Please note: This is a pre-college-level course and does not award credit that can count toward graduation requirements.
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MAT103 Business Mathematics
Prerequisite: Placement Exam; Pass Fundamentals of Mathematics with a C or Higher, or Permission of the College
Purpose: This course applies math fundamentals to business applications. Topics include a basic math review, business statistics, profit calculations, payroll, banking, interest calculations, insurance, taxes, and other business topics.
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MAT205 College Algebra
Prerequisite: None; Business Math Strongly Recommended
Purpose: This course focuses on algebraic concepts essential for success in the workplace and other courses. Using real-world examples and applications, students practice fundamental operations with number systems, formulas, algebraic expressions, and linear equations. This course also explores problems involving factoring, inequalities, exponents, radicals, linear equations, functions, quadratic equations, and graphs.
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PHI101 Critical Thinking
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: The purpose of this course is to provide a basic knowledge of the art and discipline of critical thinking. Students will learn the various critical thinking standards and concepts including effective critical thinking, problem solving, logical reasoning, comparative reasoning, issue analysis and the application of critical thinking standards and strategies to determine and solve practical and theoretical problems. Students will explore the application of critical thinking concepts to real world situations in an effort to understand the critical thinking process. They will develop an ability to critically analyze the formulation and posing of questions to promote well-reasoned arguments on a variety of important topics.
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POL101 Introduction to Political Science
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: This course is designed to give students a basic introduction to the academic discipline known as political science. This course presents students with a broad overview of key components of political science. Many subfields of political science exist, and this course will not go into them but instead focus on how political science shapes political, economic and social relationships in the United States. As you are well aware, a variety of political perspectives inform how we participate in the United States. You are encouraged to critically examine how these relationships develop. The weekly discussions allow for students to engage with people from a variety of viewpoints and help each other identify the principles that underpin different political viewpoints in the United States.
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PSY101 Introduction to Psychology
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: The purpose of this course is to introduce human behavior. It includes the study of the theories and concepts of psychology including the scope of psychology, biological foundations and the brain, sensation, perception, motivation, personality, learning/memory, emotion, states of consciousness, personality theories, cognition, life-span development, and applied psychology.
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SCI101 Environmental Science and Lab
Prerequisite: None
4 credits
Purpose: The objective of this course is to develop an understanding of how the natural world works, how it affects us as humans and how we influence it. Through this study students will increase their understanding of the major environmental issues impacting the world today and our future generations.
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SCI201 Anatomy and Physiology
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: This course provides the student with a comprehensive examination of the human body. Emphasis is on how the body is organized, its support and maintenance system, control and continuity. The course is a survey of the structure and function of the human organ systems.
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SOC101 Introduction to Sociology
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: This course is designed to give students a basic introduction to the academic discipline of sociology. This course presents students with a broad overview of key components of sociological theory in selected subfields. This course focuses on how social structures create norms and values that are shaped by an individual’s historical and biographical narrative. As you are well aware, a variety of social perspectives inform how we participate in social structures. You are encouraged to critically examine how norms and values shape this participation. The weekly discussions allow students to engage with people from a variety of viewpoints and help each other identify the principles that underpin different sociological theories. The weekly assignments allow students to engage in each week’s topic with more detail and receive feedback on how well the material is integrated in the answer to the assignment question.
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Concentration and Business Course Descriptions
ACC201 Accounting I
Prerequisite: None; MAT103 Business Mathematics Strongly Recommended
Purpose: The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop a basic understanding of fundamental accounting concepts and practices. The course focuses on basic accounting concepts and techniques needed to interpret and use financial information in managing and analyzing business operations.
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ACC202 Accounting II
Prerequisite: ACC 201 Accounting I
Purpose: Students will continue to develop a basic understanding of fundamental accounting concepts and practices. Students will also be introduced to fundamental managerial accounting concepts and practices and will learn to interpret and use internal financial information in the management and analysis of business operations.
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ACC203 Financial Statements for Managers
Prerequisite: ACC 201 Accounting I; ACC202 Accounting II Strongly Recommended
Purpose: This online course will enable the student to understand and apply the fundamental tools necessary to effectively analyze a business' financial condition. The financial analysis process is approached from an analyst's point of view. You will learn how to determine the composition and quality of financial statement information; how to analyze the balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, and reconciliation and retained earnings statement; how to spread statements to ensure efficient and consistent financial statement analysis; how to calculate and apply commonly used ratios, including industry comparables, to assess a business' financial condition and determine its capacity to repay debt.
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ACC205 Managerial/Cost Accounting
Prerequisite: ACC201 Accounting I; ACC202 Accounting II Strongly Recommended
Purpose: Managerial Accounting will focus on providing information to managers, those inside an organization who direct and control a company's operations. In contrast, financial accounting [Accounting I and II and Intermediate Accounting] is concerned with providing information to stockholders, creditors, and others who are outside an organization. Managerial Accounting provides the essentials that are needed to run organizations. We will reinforce previously learned concepts and consider the same concepts in practical applications. Subjects will include some familiar topics and some unfamiliar topics. Course objective is to look at accounting from the manager‘s perspective rather than the practicing accountant perspective and to focus on cost, cost analysis and costing systems, including budgeting and to enable managers to manage more effectively.
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BNK201 Principles of Banking
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: This course provides students with an overview of the history, purpose, and functions of banking. The course focuses on how banks serve the financial needs of individuals, businesses, and government in today's competitive environment. Students will compare financial services offered through traditional banking institutions with other financial intermediaries. Topics will include: Introduction & Evolution of Banking, The Federal Reserve as the Central Bank of the U.S., Deposits, Negotiable Instruments/Payments, Customer Service & Sales, Non-Traditional Bank Products & Services, Lending, Bank Investments & Profitability Management, Safeguarding Customer Assets.
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ECO201 Macroeconomics
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: This is a three credit course which will develop a working knowledge of the principle concepts and theories in macroeconomics. In this day of rapid and dynamic change, economic issues underlie much of the political, social, cultural and military turmoil throughout the world. In this course, economic theory and analysis are related to the world reality. Thus, the student can apply what is being learned to assist in making prudent judgments regarding various current economic issues, even though they may have social and political overtones.
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ECO202 Microeconomics
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: The purpose of this course is to develop a working knowledge of the principle concepts and theories in microeconomics. This part of economics is concerned with the interrelationships of the individual business firms, industries, consumers, laborers, and other factors of production that make up a modern economy. This course involves three main elements:
- How the private interests of the countless individuals who constitute a modern economy are related to the economic interests of society as a whole.
- The theory of pure competition from the point of view of its overall structure questioning interdependence and efficiency.
- The applicability of theoretical structure to modern industrial realities.
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FIN201 Principles of Financial Services
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: Principles of Financial Services is a beginner course providing focus on the history, regulatory environment, competitive pressures and developing trends affecting the industry. This course creates a general understanding of the sub-sector industry players individually (banking, insurance and investment/mutual funds) and evolves to a study of components affecting the industry as a whole today.
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FIN210 Principles of Investments
Prerequisite: None; FIN201 Principles of Financial Services Strongly Recommended
Purpose: This course provides an overview of financial investing. You will become acquainted with the basics of stocks, bonds, and exchange traded funds, investment theory, the relationship between risk and return and investment decision making. The goal of the course is to provide you with an understanding of the basics of investment planning and portfolio construction.
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MGM201 Principles of Management
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: This course investigates the way that managers get things done in an organization relying on the dynamic processes of strategic planning, business development, budgeting, and operations to move their organizations forward and achieve results. The concepts and skills needed to manage effectively under constantly changing conditions are identified. The course will review a manager's skill at influencing the direction and functioning of an organization and will develop students' appreciation of these management activities and their links to employee performance. Active involvement through lectures, discussion, videos, case studies, and group exercises is required of each student.
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MGM210 Quality Customer Service
Prerequisite: MGM201 Principles of Management
Purpose: This course introduces the student to the theory, concepts and methodologies that contribute to quality customer service. Emphasis is on behavioral, technological and management of service criteria to deliver quality, inter-industry service in the global business environment.
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MGM215 Leadership and Management
Prerequisite: MGM201 Principles of Management
Purpose: This course is designed for students to compare and contrast management and leadership; examine five fundamental practices of exemplary leadership; and discover a natural approach to leadership that works for them. Students will develop a personal action plan based on their strengths and explore techniques to develop leadership skills in others. Benefit from an enriching combination of lectures, learning assessment exercises, small-group interaction, and case studies.
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MGM225 Human Resources
Prerequisite: MGM201 Principles of Management
Purpose: This is an introductory course intended to provide you with a comprehensive overview of the major Human Resources functions that are typically found in organizational settings. Topics covered include Strategic HR Planning, Benefits & Compensation, Recruitment & Selection, Employee & Labor Relations and Training & Development. The course draws upon both current Human Resource practices and relevant research.
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MGM250 Business Ethics
Prerequisite: MGM201 Principles of Management
Purpose: The purpose of this course is to develop critical thinking and reasoning about moral issues of business, with primary focus on the world of financial services. In addition to a study of public issues such as mergers, management versus stockholders' interests, changing nature of stockholders, you will explore typical ethical dilemmas that confront investors, managers, analysts, brokers, and others involved in the financial marketplace. This course emphasizes the ethical dimensions of employees who work within organizations. Case analysis, research and group discussion of current events will be used.
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MGM255 Business Law
Prerequisite: MGM201 Principles of Management
Purpose: This course covers various key facets of business law. Through readings, lectures, discussion board assignments and written assignments, students will explore different aspects of laws affecting businesses today. Students will develop a basic understanding of the importance of such diverse areas of business law as different types of business entities, the roles of directors and officers, the rights of shareholders, mergers and acquisitions and the dissolution and liquidation of a business. In addition, students will develop the skills of identifying potential legal issues with businesses that may arise during the course of the business day.
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MIS205 Management Information Systems
Prerequisite: MGM201 Principles of Management
Purpose: This course introduces the various information and communications technologies and explains how information systems are used to solve problems and make better business decisions.
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MKT210 Principles of Marketing
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: This course focuses on how to collect, analyze and use primary and secondary data in order to make more effective marketing decisions. Traditional marketing resources are introduced as well as up-to-date techniques for collecting primary data. Students will analyze information and make recommendations pertinent to the marketing plan.
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MKT215 Customer Relationship Marketing
Prerequisite: None; MKT210 Principles of Marketing Strongly Recommended
Purpose: Successful marketing doesn’t stop with the first sale. This course stresses the importance of making customers into repeat buyers and users. Customer Relations Marketing is a mixture of brand marketing, creative communication, technology and research. The course involves the student in methods of how to build relationships with customers and maintain them over a period of time. It is an essential part of the marketing plan and must be viewed in the context of integrated marketing communications. How to develop and implement the process will be the foundation of the course.
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MKT220 Principles of Advertising
Prerequisite: None; MKT 210 Principles of Marketing Strongly Recommended
Purpose: This course lays out the role and purpose of advertising in the American marketplace with emphasis on its ability to persuade, its components and what good advertising is. Various learning theories are used to explain why advertising works. Students will know how to use the various components of advertising, develop strategies and incorporate those elements into an advertising plan.
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MKT230 Principles of Public Relations
Prerequisite: None; MKT210 Principles of Marketing Strongly Recommended
Purpose: This class is designed to provide a basic overview of how to plan and carry out a multi-faceted public relations program. It offers practical experience in identifying publics and messages; developing and producing a broad variety of PR tools; understanding and working with the news media; and working with other professionals in graphics, photography, video and printing. Students work as teams with organization of their choice throughout the semester, researching its policies, practices and needs, and using them as the basis of a series of team assignments.
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In an effort to keep our students and prospective students informed, the following consumer information is provided as required by federal regulations.
This program of study is designed to prepare students for the types of occupations listed below. The occupations listed are based on federal government information and represent the types of positions for which the program generally prepares graduates. The College makes no representation or warranty that its graduates have obtained these positions or that any future graduates will obtain these positions.
The information below is based on current and historical data and does not constitute a promise or guarantee of future performance. There are many factors that will change the cost of a program, the time to complete the program, or the amount of debt that an individual may incur in order to complete the program, including transfer credits, eligibility for grants or scholarships, the decision whether to attend on a full- or part-time basis, course failures, and non-continuous attendance. The following represents general program information that may vary for individual students based on their circumstances and campus locations. The College reserves the right to adjust tuition and fees and to add or delete programs of study at any time, in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations.
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What is the reported completion time for this program, assuming continuous, full-time enrollment?
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This program is designed to take 160 weeks to complete.
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The length of the program will vary based on individual circumstances such as choosing to attend less than full time, failing or retaking a course or courses, changing programs, or choosing to take a greater than full-time course load.
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What percentage of students completes this program within this time frame?
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64% of graduates from this program finished in this time.
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The completion rate is calculated based on the cumulative results of students at all locations that offer this program, who completed between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. The completion rate is calculated using the formula provided by the U.S. Department of Education. It may not include all graduates who actually graduated from the program within the maximum allowable timeframe. To protect the privacy of our students, programs with less than ten completers within an award year will be listed as "N/A."
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Placement rates are not required to be calculated by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). However, please feel free to contact the campus with an placement questions or to request and placement information.
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Financing
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What financing options are available to pay for this program?
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In addition to any grant and scholarship aid for which they are eligible, students may use loans to finance their education. The median debt for program graduates is as follows. |
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Federal loans: |
$0.00 |
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Private educational loans: |
$0.00 |
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Institution financing plan: |
$0.00 |
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The median loan debt for Federal loans is calculated based on students who graduated between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, using the formula provided by the U.S Department of Education. An individual's loan debt will vary based on individual factors such as a student's decision to pay for the program from sources other than student loans or to borrow more than is needed to pay the direct costs of education, transfer credits, course failures, and program changes. Private educational loan data are based only on information reported to the College. To protect the privacy of our students, programs with less than 10 completers with an award year will be listed as "N/A".
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Cost
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What is the current cost of this program? (may vary by campus)
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Books and supplies: |
$800.00 |
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On-campus room & board: |
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The amount quoted does not factor in individual circumstances such as transfer credits, course failures, and price changes. The College does not offer on-campus room and board. The amount quoted reflects the maximum amount of tuition and fees charged that have been charged for this program at the time this disclosure was published. Tuition and fees are subject to change at the discretion of the College. Please contact the campus staff for the most current and accurate tuition and fee information available.
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