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Why Thomas Edison State University?

Dedicated Exclusively to Serving Adults

A partnership with Study.com to guarantee transfer credit
Helpful staff who provide personalized student service
Online classes and programs that fit your busy schedule
Transfer previously earned credits and apply them to your degree
Earn credit for what you already know through prior learning assessment
Regionally accredited, senior public institution

Partnership with Study.com

TESU has a transfer partnership with Study.com that provides an even more flexible option by letting you earn your degree faster and at a lower cost. Here's how it works:

Take online courses through Study.com
Complete proctored finals to earn credit
Transfer your Study.com credit to TESU
Finish your remaining credits with TESU

Study.com courses are offered entirely online and are self-paced, making it easier for you to fit earning college credit into your schedule. Quizzes along the way will help you test your knowledge leading up to your final exam, and you can get help from expert instructors on topics you're not as comfortable with.

About Thomas Edison State University

Thomas Edison State University provides flexible, high-quality, collegiate learning opportunities for self-directed adults. The university offers associate, bachelor's, and master's degree programs and certificates in more than 100 areas of study and has pioneered the use of the latest technologies to develop and deliver academic programs that work around the unique needs of adult learners.

Degrees can be customized to meet your needs, through options like online courses, independent study courses, transfer credits earned from other regionally accredited institutions, dual enrollment, earning credit for professional and/or military training, and by demonstrating college-level knowledge acquired outside of a traditional classroom through examination programs, portfolio assessment, and other forms of prior learning assessment. The New York Times called Thomas Edison State University 'the college that paved the way for flexibility,' and Forbes magazine identified the college as one of the top schools in the nation to use technology to create learning opportunities for adults.

Student Testimonials

'I have two small children and when we talk about the importance of education one of the things my husband and I always like to tell our children is you finish what you start. It was kind of hypocritical for me to say that when I didn't finish what I started so for me to have the opportunity to come back and do that in a way that didn't disrupt our family, didn't hurt our pockets, was just a really good thing for me. The professors, or mentors as they're called, were awesome. They were always available. It really defied my stereotype of what it would be like to go to school online.'

Tiffany Jenkins '10

'I chose the college because it afforded obviously that wonderful flexibility, brought your classroom to your home or wherever you happened to be. It offered what I was looking for in my nursing program. I was very impressed with the fact that if you did need to speak to someone there was someone on the other end of the phone line when you called. They have a tremendous support online as well.'

Leslie Beck, RN '09, '12

'My experiences as a student were nothing short of wonderful. The flexibility that the college provided was fantastic. I finished 18 prior learning assessment portfolios. Also Thomas Edison State College was able to take my credits - CLEP credits, they took credits from communicate college and they took ACE credits.'

Rolando Gorostiza '07

'The professors were very timely if I had a question and they got back to me right away. They got back to me with answers that were easy to understand. If I didn't understand via email or electronic means I was able to contact them via phone and talk the problem out, which was very necessary when you got into some of the more complicated classes.'

Brad Brezinski '04

'It was a wonderful experience. The online program really does give you some flexibility. It provided me with the flexibility to keep my full-time job, go to school full-time and complete this in seventeen months.'

Michele DeNoia, RN '12

'They have a non-traditional means and medium for delivering quality education that enabled me to realize both my academic and personal dreams and goals.'

Dean Clemente '11

'I looked around at a lot of schools and evaluated them when I was in the military and from what I saw Thomas Edison offered me the best means to accomplish my degree. I transferred a lot of my credits; Thomas Edison accepted all of them. I'm glad I chose this school.'

Robey Reed '06

'When I looked at other schools for finishing my degree Thomas Edison really had the edge over all the other schools, even looking at private colleges near where I live just north of Philadelphia.'

Brian Fogarty '98, '11