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National Louis University awards credit to students who have achieved acceptable scores on the Advanced Placement (AP) The University has adopted the American Council on Education's (ACE) recommendations for acceptable score requirements and credit awards for AP examinations. Please visit the Transfer Articulation Guide, General Education Report to see how AP examinations apply to your bachelor's degree general education requirements.

Business Administration and Management, General

Accounting

Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry

Communication, General

Information Science/Studies

Elementary Education and Teaching

Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching

Secondary Education and Teaching

Early Childhood Education and Teaching

English/Language Arts Teacher Education

Mathematics Teacher Education

Reading Teacher Education

Education, General

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Educational Leadership and Administration, General

Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision

Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

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Learning Sciences

Special Education and Teaching, General

Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances

Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities

Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities

Writing, General

Child Care and Support Services Management

Disability Studies

Hospitality Administration/Management, General

Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Management Information Systems, General

Management Science

Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling

Behavioral Sciences

Culinary Arts/Chef Training

Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef

Psychology, General

Applied Behavior Analysis

Forensic Psychology

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

School Psychology

Educational Psychology

Human Services, General

Social Sciences, General

Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

Our goal at National Louis University (NLU) is not merely for our students to earn a degree; our goal is to ensure our students have the knowledge, skills, preparation and network necessary to be successful after graduation. This is ultimately measured by how effectively we help students secure meaningful and sustainable employment or graduate school admissions and how well we set graduates on a path toward upward mobility and positively impacting their communities. What sets NLU apart is our steadfast commitment to: providing equity of access to higher education through intentionally broad access admissions and affordable tuition; closing the opportunity gap in degree attainment through a personalized academic experience and robust wraparound support to empower students to succeed; and, promoting the economic mobility for our graduates through embedded professional preparation across the academic experience. We provide educational opportunity for all students, including many students from historically underserved populations, as our students are majority Latinx and Black, first-generation college-goers, and low-income. Our Undergraduate College offers a rigorous, professionally focused, supportive bachelor's degree for little or no out-of-pocket cost for students qualifying for financial aid. Our model provides undergraduate students with an affordable, individualized degree program through a blended-flipped classroom model and flexible course schedule with day-time, evening, weekend, blended, and online course options that allow students to balance the realities of family and work responsibilities with being a full-time or part-time student. We offer a personalized educational experience with small class sizes, an adaptive and hands-on curriculum, and success coaches coupled with comprehensive/wrap-around supports such as a food pantry, counseling, and emergency fund to help students stay on-track every step of the way. NLU's main campus is in Chicago, and we have satellite campuses in the surrounding suburbs and in Florida. In 2020/21, National Louis University served over 10,000 students: 45% of them undergraduates and 55% graduate students, with 56% identifying as a minority. 59% of undergraduate students were first in their family to go to college and 59% were Pell eligible.

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