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Higher Education at a Lower Cost
With more affordable courses and more flexibility than any typical college or university, Pearson Accelerated Pathways allows students to earn their degrees without ruining their credit or sacrificing their freedom.
How it works
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Planning for college starts with submitting your information so we can provide you with more details.
Talk with an Advisor
Discuss your goals with our college planning experts. They’ll help you design a personalized college plan that won’t disrupt your lifestyle.
Review your options
Accelerated Pathways offers courses that cost 36% less than the average college course. It’s a smart alternative to student loans and years of debt.
Choose the best path
Select a degree to pursue from over 4,000 fully accredited programs from more than 1,800 colleges and universities.
Go further with a college degree.
We'll help you take online, self-directed college courses before enrolling in a college, saving you both time and money on your degree. By aligning the courses you take through us to your school’s transfer credit policy, we can guarantee the credit you earn will be accepted by the college you want to graduate from.
Featured student testimonial
"Because of Accelerated Pathways I was able to travel a lot and experience different things outside of school. Going to college through Accelerated Pathways allowed me the freedom to do that and I didn’t feel like I had to sit in class or waste time studying for credits I didn’t need. ."
- Cheyenne Smith, Accelerated Pathways Graduate
Wyatt Lieberman
Accelerated Pathways Student
“[With Accelerated Pathways], school didn’t have to be this thing that tied me down. I was able to invest time in other things and people in ways that would have been much harder if I was doing college another way.”
Chloe Roberts
Accelerated Pathways Student
“My schedule changes all the time. Regardless of what my life looks like, I can fit school in sometime [with Accelerated Pathways.]”
Caitlin Campbell
Accelerated Pathways Student
“Accelerated Pathways has allowed me to pursue my dreams and helped me reach my goal of competing for Team Canada internationally. I can honestly say I don't know if this would have been possible if I had been in a classroom.”
Jonah Wilson
Accelerated Pathways Student
“[With Accelerated Pathways], you’re not held to a specific structure. It’s something you can customize.”
Allisoh Lohr
Accelerated Pathways Student
“Accelerated Pathways let me put school second so I could put life first.”
Abraham Chen
Accelerated Pathways Student
“[Accelerated Pathways is] a program where you get to do what you want. It’s all about what you want to do.”
Josiah Lloyd
Accelerated Pathways Student
“Through Accelerated Pathways, I’ve learned that opportunities are not something to shy away from.”
Molly Weber
Accelerated Pathways Student
“Accelerated Pathways helped me think bigger, broaden my horizons, and think about what I could really do.”
Carla Thompson
Accelerated Pathways Student
“If you want to be surrounded by a community of people who care about you, then [studying with Accelerated Pathways] is a beautiful place to be.”
