Blog

Tuskegee University enrolled 42 students exclusively online in the 2024-2025 academic year, up from 27 the prior year. That is a 56 percent year-over-year jump, but the absolute number remains small relative to peer HBCU online programs. At Hampton, the exclusively-online population sits above 540 students. At Florida A&M,...

In Spring 2026, Florida A&M University’s College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences celebrated the graduation of “The Great Eight,” the largest Doctor of Public Health cohort in the 30-year history of its Institute of Public Health. The announcement reflects a broader institutional trajectory: FAMU, the first HBCU to offer...

The HBCU that produces the most Black engineers in the United States has been offering accredited online degree programs since before 2002, but most adult learners considering an HBCU online credential do not associate North Carolina A&T with the online learning space. The institution’s public profile centers on its...

Can you complete a CCNE-accredited BSN at an HBCU for substantially less than peer private universities charge? At Hampton University, the answer is yes, and the price differential is striking enough to warrant a closer look. Hampton’s graduate tuition runs $13,776 per year compared with $39,178 at peer HBCU...

Howard University’s online program portfolio is newer than most schools in the College Transitions canon. The flagship undergraduate degree completion track in Human Development launched in Fall 2024. The Interdisciplinary Leadership Studies degree completion track is launching Fall 2026. The Online PharmD Pathway arrives Fall 2026. Howard is building...

Consider a certified nursing assistant who starts a new job at Baylor Scott & White Health on a Monday morning in Dallas. By the following Monday, that same employee can be enrolled in a fully-funded online degree program with tuition paid directly to the school, books and required fees...

In 2020, Memorial Hermann Health System reported a 95 percent retention rate for employees participating in its student loan repayment program and an 87 percent retention rate for first-year nurses. Those numbers help explain why the Houston-based system has invested in a multi-pathway education benefit called Learn Well rather...

In March 2026, 111 graduates of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine learned their residency placements on Match Day, with 23 of them staying inside the Geisinger system itself. That number captures something distinctive about Geisinger that shapes how its tuition reimbursement program works in practice: this is a regional...