South Dakota technical college graduates make great WGU students.
Work and school balance when you choose WGU for your bachelor's degree.
You started your educational journey at a South Dakota technical college—now it's time to finish it at WGU. If you got your associate's degree at a technical college, keep the momentum going and get your bachelor's at WGU. WGU is proud to offer special benefits for the graduates and staff of South Dakota technical college.
WGU is the perfect fit for working adults who need a degree to boost their careers but can't fit traditional schooling into their busy lives. That's why hundreds of companies, associations, school districts, municipalities, and other organizations choose WGU as their partner in educating their workforce and graduates.
WGU is affordable.
WGU is a nonprofit online university. What does this mean for you? Very affordable tuition. In fact, WGU is around half the cost of other online universities. WGU is also approved to offer federal financial aid to those who qualify.
Scholarships available.
One way WGU removes obstacles from your path to achieving your education and career goals is through scholarships, including the WGU Community College Partner Scholarship.
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Transfer Made Easy On-Demand Videos:
You’re not settling for anything less than your highest aspirations. That’s why we’re relentless about giving community college graduates every advantage for success with a WGU bachelor’s degree. When transferring from a partner community college, you can expect your credits to transfer generously.
Visit this page for short, on-demand videos to learn more about transferring your credits to WGU.
Transferring your South Dakota tech institute credits or degree to WGU is simple.
Students with an Associate of Arts (A.A.) or Associate of Science (A.S.) degree usually qualify for an Upper-Division standing at WGU.
Depending on your degree program, you may qualify for additional requirement waivers. If you have completed some college coursework but have not earned a degree, WGU will conduct a transcript evaluation. Your experience may waive some of your requirements.
If you'd like to do an initial self-assessment of transfers you may qualify for, you can view our transfer pathways site. Please note, this tool is for desktop users. Any questions you encounter can be resolved by speaking with an Enrollment Counselor.
Select your college to find your transfer pathway program.
The nation’s first online, nonprofit, competency-based university.
Our competency-based approach to education allows for extensive personalization of your program to fit around your busy schedule and allows you to progress in your program as soon as you reach mastery. You learn and complete courses on your schedule.
WGU students pay half the tuition, and end up with half the debt of the national average.
Finish your degree faster, for about half the cost.
WGU is a nonprofit online university. What does this mean for you? It means we're driven by a mission, not by shareholders. It's part of what enables us to charge half the tuition of most other online universities. WGU is also approved to offer federal financial aid to those who qualify.
Our competency-based approach measures your progress through your successful completion of challenging assessments. If you have existing competencies from prior work and education, you may be able to draw upon this experience to complete your assessments faster and accelerate your degree program; this will save you both time and money.
Financial aid is available.
WGU is approved for federal financial aid and U.S. veterans benefits.
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WGU is an online school with career-aligned bachelor's and master's degrees—in teaching, nursing, IT, and business—designed to allow working professionals the opportunity to fit a online university education into their busy lives.
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