Stackable Credentials
A 9-credit head start toward the full master's
A pathway certificate is a credit-bearing graduate certificate designed as a lower-commitment starting point toward a full master's degree. Build confidence, earn a graduate transcript, and apply every credit toward the complete degree when you're ready.
How the pathway works
Earn the certificate
Complete 3 graduate courses (9 credits) online - a focused, lower-commitment start with no GRE or GMAT required.
Apply your credits
Upon admission to the full master's, every credit you earned transfers directly into your degree.
Finish your master's
Continue seamlessly toward the complete degree, with a head start already on your transcript.
$5,250 total
Three courses, priced to align with your employer's annual tuition benefit.
9 graduate credits
A real graduate transcript, not a non-credit short course.
Every credit applies
All 9 credits stack directly into the full master's degree.
Built for professionals
100% online and designed to fit around a full-time career.
Choose your pathway
Have questions about pathways?
Request information or schedule a call to learn how a pathway certificate fits your degree and tuition-benefit plan.