University offers degree completion

The University of St. Thomas is making it easier for adults who’ve never finished college to complete a degree.

The Catholic university’s Adult Degree Completion Program offers students a bachelor’s degree in Business, General Studies, Liberal Arts, Early Education or Criminology, Law and Society. The program offers adult learners flexible scheduling options that include day, night, accelerated and online classes. The program can be completed in two years or less.

Adults who are 25 years old or older and have attended at least two years of college or earned 60 credit hours may apply to the university’s office of undergraduate admissions.

Tuition scholarships, financial aid and payment plans are available for eligible students, according to a university news release.

Scholarship opportunities are available for both full and part-time students. Adult Degree Completion students can qualify for more than $12,000 per year in scholarships.Applications are being accepted until July 15 for the fall semester.

Those interested in the university’s Adult Degree Completion program can learn more about at www. stthom.edu or by calling 713-525-3500 to speak with an admissions counselor. According to the university, the number of adult learners returning to higher education, particularly for continuing education, has been rapidly increasing in the United States.

By 2020, the percentage of enrollments for students 25 and older is projected to increase by 20 percent over 2010, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.