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Contact: Anthony Twyman Annmarie
Ely
Assistant to the
President for Communications Media
Relations Coordinator
Delaware County Community
College Delaware
Valley University
(610) 325-2816; atwyman1@dccc.edu (215)
489-6367; annmarie.ely@delval.edu
April
20, 2015
Delaware Valley University and Delaware County Community College signed
an agreement today that will allow Delaware County Community College students
to earn a DelVal bachelor’s degree without ever having to leave the community college’s
campuses in Delaware or Chester Counties.
DelVal (formerly DelVal College) will begin offering courses this
September at Delaware County Community College’s Marple Campus and Exton
Center. Bachelor’s degree programs to be offered include business
administration, counseling psychology, criminal justice, and media and
communications.
Student tuition for the DelVal Degree Completion program will be $425
per credit, a reduced partnership rate that is less than DelVal’s on-campus
tuition. There are no additional fees.
To be eligible, students must have already earned an associate degree
from Delaware County Community College and met the minimum grade point averages
required for admission into DelVal’s specific baccalaureate program.
To further assist students with the cost of earning their bachelor’s
degree, students will be able to take up to 12 additional credits at Delaware
County Community College beyond those required for their associate degree at
the community college tuition rate. Those courses can be applied to the total
credits required for the DelVal bachelor’s degree.
This new on-site bachelor’s degree completion program expands on the
Guaranteed Dual Admission and Core-to-Core Transfer agreements that both
institutions signed in June 2014.
“The expansion of our partnership agreement with Delaware County
Community College is reflective of Delaware Valley University’s commitment to
being a major resource for education and training in the region,” said Dr.
Joseph Brosnan, University president.
“Many students who earn associate degrees want to also continue on to a
bachelor’s degree but are often having to deal with personal and financial
issues that prevent them from leaving their local area,” continued Dr. Brosnan.
“This program eliminates both those barriers, will help students realize their
dream of earning a bachelor’s degree, and ultimately will improve their quality
of life.”
“Our students will benefit greatly from this opportunity to earn a
bachelor’s degree at a reduced tuition rate without having to leave our
College’s campuses,” said Dr. Jerry Parker, president of Delaware County
Community College. “The convenience and cost savings represented by this
agreement greatly expand the educational options available to our students.”
“We deliberately took a cooperative approach in developing this
partnership,” said Art Goon, vice president for enrollment management at DelVal,
which is located in Doylestown, PA.
“We listened to the concerns of the leaders and students at Delaware
County Community College and jointly came up with an agreement that will
provide for a seamless, convenient and affordable pathway for the College’s associate
degree earners to attain a bachelor’s degree. This project also underscores
DelVal’s continued effort to be the most transfer-friendly, four-year
institution in the region.”
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