Are you thinking about completing the degree you started years ago? Looking to upgrade your skills for jobs or career advancement? Pursuing a new hobby? Taking a class for your personal enrichment?

Continuing education students (also known as "returning adult" or "nontraditional" students) tend to be:

• 24 years old or older.
• Re-enrolling (at the same or different college).
• Pursuing a career change.
• Parents.
• People who did not attend college directly after high school.

Increasing in number every semester, these students are changing the way courses are offered at campuses across the country.

Thinking of going back to school?

• See how schools address common concerns of adult students.
• Get help preparing for school.
• Learn how to choose the right continuing education program.
• Discover how to get financial aid for a continuing education program.