Merced College partners with Arizona State for special tuition program

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- Merced College is moving to marque it easier and much affordable for students to question higher education.

It is launching a new, affordable pathway to a bachelor's degree.

"There are truly 2 main principles for a California assemblage college: transportation and workforce development. This hits the transportation nail consecutive connected the head," Vice President of Student Services, Mike McCandless said.

This fall, the assemblage has a caller concern with Arizona State University.

Eligible students and alumni tin prevention up to 22% connected tuition done the California Community College Achievement Plan.

It's a concern betwixt ASU and prime California assemblage colleges, including Merced College.

Any eligible Merced College pupil who applies to ASU's online programs volition automatically beryllium considered for the tuition discount.

Ernesto Hernandez, Director of the Career & Transfer Center, says the assemblage already offers a seamless transportation way to ASU.

This takes it a measurement further.

"It focuses much connected the halfway of what our students are asking, which is affordability and assemblage affordability," Hernandez said.

McCandless says the distant learning enactment could assistance clasp section endowment by allowing students to gain their degrees without leaving the area.

"This allows our students to get a top-notch acquisition from location and support their talents astatine home, serving Merced County and Merced city," helium said.

Students volition beryllium capable to take from much than 180 online undergraduate grade programs.

McCandless says the concern supports the college's ngo and gives students a clear, affordable way to proceed their education.

"Creating further pathways and opportunities for our students to transportation is superior for us, and this is simply a precise appealing option, not lone successful the affordability, but besides the prestige of the assemblage successful which they tin transportation and the quality to enactment astatine home," McCandless said.

Anyone who wants to larn much astir the caller concern is encouraged to sojourn the Career and Transfer Center astatine Merced College for much accusation oregon click here.

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