Undergraduate College

Launch Your Career at NLU

Affordable, supportive, and professionally focused, NLU helps first-time students, transfers, and degree completers of all ages earn a bachelor's degree, and leave with not just a degree, but a sense of purpose.

"Quality education can transform lives, careers and communities."

Anna-Mariya Skakodub, B.S. Business Administration

Launch Your Career

Earn an affordable, career-focused bachelor's degree built around your life. Take the first step by completing the form below.

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Why earn your bachelor's at NLU?

22 Programs offered

1 Degree level

70,000+ Alumni nationwide

Since 1886 Serving working adults

Why study with us

A Degree Shaped Around Your Life

NLU is built for the way real people go to college. Whether you are starting your first degree, transferring credits, or coming back to finish, we support every student with career coaching and academic advising, so you leave with not only a degree, but a sense of purpose and a path into your career. NLU's Direct to Success transfer students graduate at a 55% four-year rate, compared with the 38% national average.

Advance your career

A bachelor's built around your life

First-time freshman, transfer, or coming back to finish, there is a path here for you.

Among the Most Affordable Paths to a Bachelor's

Affordable tuition plus scholarships and generous transfer credit make a private-university bachelor's within reach.

Built for Transfers

Bring your credits with you. Generous credit acceptance and transfer support help you pick up right where you left off.

Support From Day One

Success coaches, academic advisors, and Career Bridge career coaching are with you from your first class through your first job.

A Schedule That Fits Your Life

Online, evening, and in-person options for first-time students, transfers, and adults coming back to finish.

Accreditation and credentials

The credentials behind your degree.

HLC Accredited Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

Nonprofit, Since 1886 A private, not-for-profit university.

Undergraduate College at National Louis University programs

Choose your level to see what it opens up and the programs that get you there. Each links to full details.

All levels Bachelor's 22

Bachelor's 22 programs

Build your foundation for people-centered careers and graduate study.

B.S. in Maternal Child Health View program →
BA Applied Behavioral Sciences View program →
BA Applied Educational Studies View program →
BA Communication and Media View program →
BA Criminology & Criminal Justice View program →
BA Early Childhood and Elementary Education View program →
BA Early Childhood Education View program →
BA Elementary Education View program →
BA Human Services View program →
BA Infant-Toddler Studies View program →
BA Interdisciplinary Studies View program →
BA Marketing View program →
BA Psychology View program →
BA Secondary Education View program →
Bachelor of Social Work View program →
BS Business Administration View program →
BS Business Management View program →
BS Computer Science and Information Systems View program →
BS Health Care Leadership View program →
BS Health Science View program →
BS in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence View program →
Special Education (B.A.) View program →

Outcomes

Real People. Real Paths.

Undergraduates from around the world who found their path at NLU.

Joey Churchill

B.A. Business Management

“Once I met the right people who put me on a path toward success, I started achieving my better self.”

Career Bridge reignited their focus, and they were accepted into NLU's Business Administration graduate program.

Sindi Cekrezi

B.S. Computer Science and Info Systems

“Whatever you are struggling with, they always have the solution.”

Came from Albania and chose NLU for its rigorous academics.

Camila Maroso Berton

B.S. Business Administration

“NLU's commitment to a diverse and inclusive community has made my academic experience enriching.”

Came from Brazil and chose NLU for a smooth transfer and affordability. Her goal in one word: Leader.

Anna-Mariya Skakodub

B.S. Business Administration

“Quality education can transform lives, careers and communities.”

Came from Ukraine and chose NLU for its diversity and quality-education principles.

Zosima Jimenez

B.A. Psychology

“National Louis cracked me out of my shell. NLU helped me believe in myself.”

Found her confidence and a path forward at NLU.

Florida

Earning your undergraduate degree in Florida?

NLU's Florida campus is online-focused, and undergraduate options in Florida are limited. Choose Florida on the form above and an advisor will confirm what is available to you.

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How it works

Request information

Tell us about you, your goals, and the level of study you are interested in. It takes about a minute.
Talk with an advisor

An NLU enrollment advisor reaches out to answer your questions and map a personalized plan for your education.
Apply and get started

Submit your application with help from your advisor, choose an upcoming start date, and begin moving toward the career you want.

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Next start date: September 21, 2026

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The practical details

What to expect, start to finish.

Start when you are ready

NLU offers multiple start dates through the year, so you do not have to wait to begin. An advisor will help you pick the next start that fits your plans.

Affordable, with support

Tuition is built to be affordable, with financial aid, scholarships, and generous transfer credit that can lower both your cost and your time to finish.

Built around your life

Choose online, on-campus, or evening formats, learn in small classes, and work with an advisor and success coach from your first call through graduation.