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Throughout our 100-year history, Friends University has worked to meet the educational needs of the communities we serve.

In the 1980s, Friends University recognized the challenges students faced when trying to balance work and personal responsibilities with higher education and added degree completion and graduate programs for working adults.

Our degree completion programs meet one night per week for four hours, and students with 62 transferable hours can complete them in 13 to 24 months. Graduate programs also meet one evening a week or on Saturday.

Friends University is committed to offering adult degree programs that allow students to continue to work and that focus on what is relevant in the real world.

Undergraduate Programs
These programs are designed around the traditional undergraduate student, who has recently graduated from high school or is transferring from another institution.

Adult College Education Programs
Program for Adult College Education (PACE) is an academic program for adults who wish to begin or continue their college studies. The program offers general education courses that make the academic program accessible and manageable for most adult students.

Degree-Completion Programs
For the non-traditional adult student who wishes to obtain their bachelor degree by attending classes either in the evening or on Saturday.

Graduate Programs
For the student who has already obtained a bachelor degree and wishes to earn a master's degree.