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If you're ready to move ahead and start taking college courses, you can get started with UMGC by completing our online application for admission for new students. The streamlined application should take you around 10 minutes to complete.

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Why Choose UMGC?

Edvance is working with UMGC because it provides key pillars to support working adults’ and military servicemembers’ higher education goals:

Affordability

  • Pay less with an alliance-exclusive discounted tuition rate of $350 per credit for undergraduate programs.
  • Take advantage of financial aid opportunities (federal loans, grants, and scholarships) if you are eligible.
  • Save on textbooks with no-cost digital resources available for most courses.

Credibility

  • Benefit from our 75+ years serving the higher ed needs of working adults and servicemembers.
  • Build real-world skills that can translate in today's digital business environment.
  • Attend an institution that is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and is a member of the University System of Maryland.

Flexibility

  • Access recorded classes, lectures, and assignments anytime and anywhere.
  • Transfer up to 45 credits toward an associate degree or up to 90 credits toward a bachelor’s degree.
  • Start when it's convenient for you, with multiple start dates throughout the year.

Support

  • Connect with a success coach to help you stay on track and complete your program.
  • Benefit from no-cost, online tutoring, available in both group and individual settings.
  • Take advantage of virtual career fairs, career planning and guidance, and 24-hour access to CareerQuest.

Discover How Edvance Can Boost Your Education & Career Prospects

Edvance aims to achieve its mission of providing its members and their families with life-changing education and career pathways. By combining exclusive member discounts, financial aid, and a cost-conscious program, Edvance helps its members minimize, and in many cases eliminate, student out-of-pocket costs and debt.

Together, UMGC and Edvance are taking down the biggest barriers to earning a college degree.

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Get all of the information you need to begin your undergraduate or graduate program at University of Maryland Global Campus. Please complete and submit the form below. Complete this form to have an advisor contact you.

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