Sophia Learning expands credit transfer pathways
Students taking general education courses on the online learning platform Sophia Learning can now seamlessly transfer the college credit they earn to the University of the People, a tuition-free online institution with a global student population, the company announced Tuesday.
UoPeople joins more than 50 institutions that are considered to be university partners of Sophia Learning. For UoPeople, being a partner means that credits earned on Sophia Learning are guaranteed to transfer toward an associate or bachelor’s degree.
“With a partnership focused on offering low-cost educational alternatives, Sophia students can continue with their studies at UoPeople and earn their undergraduate degree from a quality, accredited online institution tuition-free,” Shai Resheef, founder and president of UoPeople, said in a press release.
Sophia Learning offers 50 college-level courses through a $99 monthly subscription. While UoPeople doesn’t charge any tuition, it does charge some application and assessment fees, which put it at a similar price point to Sophia Learning, a spokesperson said by email.
Sophia Learning is a subsidiary of Strategic Education, Inc., formerly known as Strayer Education, Inc., which owns the for-profit, online institutions Capella University and Strayer University, as well as non-degree education providers DevMountain and Hackbright Academy.
