WGU Missouri – which is consistently recognized for providing affordable, flexible, career-boosting college education to military service members and their families – has announced a new scholarship aimed at helping military spouses achieve their goals of higher education. The WGU Military Spouse Scholarship is open to spouses of active-duty military personnel, veterans, guard and reservists who are interested in pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree from the fully online, nonprofit university.
Each Military Spouse Scholarship is valued at up to $4,000 and will be applied at the rate of $1,000 per six-month term, renewable for up to four terms. The scholarship can be applied to any of the university’s more than 60 accredited bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in IT, business, K-12 teacher education and health professions, including nursing. The scholarship is open through July 30, 2022, at wgu.edu/militaryspousescholarship.
According to the 2020 Military Family Lifestyle Survey sponsored by Blue Star Families, military spouses face many challenges when it comes to employment. The survey found that 35% are not employed but need or want employment, while 67% of military spouses reported being under employed and 58% are not satisfied with their ability to advance their vocational goals in their current role.
WGU Missouri offers military spouses a flexible and affordable pathway to earning a workforce-focused degree that will equip them with the skills they need to advance their careers. WGU’s programs are competency-based, allowing students to move quickly through material they already know so they can focus on what they still need to learn, rather than basing progress on a number of credit hours. Faculty members work one-on-one with students as mentors, offering guidance, support and individualized instruction. While the university’s degree programs are rigorous and challenging, competency-based learning makes it possible for students to accelerate their programs, saving them both time and money.
“Military spouses are often limited when it comes to earning a degree due to military moves and deployments,” said Dr. Terrance Hopson, Regional Director of WGU Missouri. “WGU makes it easier for these selfless spouses to earn a career-focused degree by providing them with an option to complete coursework, study and take tests on their schedule. WGU offers multiple scholarships for the military community – including family members – but this is the first scholarship open only to military spouses. We believe they deserve to be recognized, and we hope this scholarship offering will encourage them to further their education and advance their careers.”
WGU has been named one of the “Top Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities” for 10 consecutive years by Military Advanced Education and Transition Magazine, and about one in seven of its students nationwide is affiliated with the military community. The university has demonstrated a strong commitment to helping servicemen and women apply their knowledge and life experiences toward a high-quality degree that will open career opportunities into business, healthcare, K–12 education or information technology.
For more information about WGU Missouri or to apply for the Military Spouse Scholarship, visit wgu.edu/militaryspousescholarship.
About WGU Missouri
WGU Missouri is a competency-based, online university created to expand access to higher education for Missouri residents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the fields of business, K-12 teacher education, information technology, and health professions, including nursing. WGU Missouri faculty members serve as mentors, working one-on-one with students, offering guidance, support, and individualized instruction.
Established in 2013 through a partnership with nationally recognized Western Governors University, WGU Missouri is open to all qualified Missouri residents. The university is nonprofit and self-sustaining on flat-rate tuition of about $7,600 per year for most programs.
Degrees are granted under the accreditation of Western Governors University, which is accredited through the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). Nursing College programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE*), and the Health Informatics program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
More information is available at missouri.wgu.edu or by calling 855.948.8493.
*Western Governors University offers nursing programs that are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 5380, Washington DC 20036, 202-877-6791).
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