Unlock your potential with a flexible online degree
Unlock your potential with a flexible online degree
Flexible online learning, career-focused courses and support for every step you take on the path to your goals – imagine your future differently with a degree from Capella University.
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With FlexPath, you can finish the bachelor’s degree you started in 22 months for $20,000 or earn your master’s degree in 15 months and under $18,000.*
*Based on fastest 25 percent of students. Your program length and cost will vary by your degree program, transfer credits, the per-session cost and how quickly you complete courses. Books, supplies and other fees apply.
Online degree programs
No GMAT or GRE required.
Choose your area of study
Doctoral
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences.
Specializations
- Accounting
- General Business Management
- Human Resource Management
- Information Technology Management
- Leadership
- Project Management
- Strategy and Innovation
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences. With the Capella Tuition Cap, know your maximum tuition costs. Pay no more than $45,000* in tuition costs for your DBA.
Specializations
- General Management**
- Organizational Leadership and Development**
- Strategy and Innovation**
*Eligibility rules and exclusions apply. Connect with us for details.
**FlexPath available
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences.
Sample courses
- Research Theory and Philosophy
- Leadership and Advocacy in Counseling
- Advanced Counseling Practice
- Program Evaluation in Counselor Education and Supervision
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences.
Specializations
- Leadership for Higher Education
- Leadership in Educational Administration
This program includes online coursework experiences. With the Capella Tuition Cap, know your maximum tuition costs. Pay no more than $32,000* in tuition costs for your EdD.
Specializations
- Adult Education
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Educational Leadership**
- Performance Improvement Leadership
- Reading and Literacy
*Eligibility rules and exclusions apply. Connect with us for details.
**FlexPath available
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences. With the Capella Tuition Cap, know your maximum tuition costs. Pay no more than $48,000* in tuition costs for your DHA.
Sample courses
- Innovative Business Practices in Health Care
- Health Care Policy Processes
- Regulatory Compliance for Health Care Leaders
- Strategic Vision and Planning in Health Care
*Eligibility rules and exclusions apply. Connect with us for details.
This program includes online coursework and virtual residencies. With the Capella Tuition Cap, know your maximum tuition costs. Pay no more than $45,000* in tuition costs for your DIT.
Sample courses
- Research and Practice in Information Technology
- System and Application Security Advances
- Projects as Complex Adaptive Systems
- Advanced Risk Management Systems and Research
*Eligibility rules and exclusions apply. Connect with us for details.
This program includes online coursework experiences. With the Capella Tuition Cap, know your maximum tuition costs. Pay no more than $32,000* in tuition costs for your DNP.
Specializations
- DNP**
*Eligibility rules and exclusions apply. Connect with us for details.
**FlexPath available
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences.
Sample courses
- Compassionate and Multicultural ABA
- Behaviorism
- Motivation and Learning
- Education and Teaching in ABA
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences.
Specializations
- General Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences.
Sample courses
- Advanced Psychopathology
- Advanced Psychological Testing
- Theories of Psychotherapy
- Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology
- Strategies of Clinical Supervision and Consultation
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences.
Sample courses
- Consultation and Collaboration in the Schools
- Child and Adolescent Development for School Psychologists
- Neuropsychological Assessments
- Advanced Biological Psychology
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences. With the Capella Tuition Cap, know your maximum tuition costs. Pay no more than $48,000* in tuition costs for your DrPH.
Sample courses
- Design and Implementation of Public Health Strategies
- Community Health Behavior and Promotion
- Leadership and Emerging Trends in Public Health
- Advanced Practice in Epidemiology
- Evaluation and Interpretation of Data in Health Care
*Eligibility rules and exclusions apply. Connect with us for details.
Master's
This program includes online coursework.
Specializations
- MBA, Self-Designed*
- MBA, Health Care Management*
- MBA, Human Resource Management*
- MBA, Project Management*
*FlexPath available
This program includes online coursework.
Specializations
- Human Resource Management*
- Human Resource Management Health Care*
*FlexPath available
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences.
Sample courses
- Diversity and Social Justice in Systemic Family Therapy
- Psychopathology: Diagnosis and Treatment of Behavior Disorders
- Systemic Clinical Interventions for Grief and Trauma
- Impact of Addiction and Addictive Behavior on Family Systems
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences.
Specializations:
- Addiction Treatment and Recovery
- Child and Adolescent Counseling
- General Clinical Mental Health Counseling
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences.
Specializations:
- Addiction Treatment and Recovery
- Child and Adolescent Counseling
- General School Counseling
This program includes online coursework experiences. With the Capella Tuition Cap, know your maximum tuition costs. Pay no more than $12,000* in tuition costs for your MS in Education.
Specializations
- Adult Education
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Early Childhood Education
- Early Childhood Education Studies
- English Language Learning and Teaching
- Higher Education Leadership & Administration
- Instructional Design & Educational Technology
- Leadership in Educational Administration
- Reading and Literacy
- Special Education Teaching
*Eligibility rules and exclusions apply. Connect with us for details.
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences.
Sample courses
- Strategic Healthcare Planning
- Healthcare Finance and Reimbursement
- Introduction to Health Information Systems
- Healthcare Law and Policy
This program includes online coursework experiences.
Specializations
- General Information Technology
- IT Analytics
- Cybersecurity
- Enterprise Networks and Cloud Computing
- Project Management
This program includes online coursework experiences.
Sample courses
- Concepts of Data Mining
- Applied Forecasting
- Text Mining
- Advanced Analytics and Modeling
- Visual Analytics
This program includes online coursework experiences.
Specializations
- Digital Forensics
- Health Care Security
- Network Defense
This program includes online coursework.
Specializations
- Care Coordination*
- Nursing Education*
- Nursing Informatics*
- Nursing Leadership and Administration*
- RN-to-MSN Care Coordination*
- RN-to-MSN Nursing Education*
- RN-to-MSN Nursing Informatics*
- RN-to-MSN Nursing Leadership and Administration*
*FlexPath available
These specializations include online and in-person coursework.
Specializations
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Family Nurse Practitioner
This program includes online coursework.
Specializations
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Behavior Analysis in Education
- Organizational Behavior Management
This program includes online coursework.
Specializations
- General Psychology*
- Child and Adolescent Development*
- Educational Psychology*
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology*
- Sport Psychology*
*FlexPath available
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences.
Specializations
- Applied Research
- Clinical Counseling
- Forensic Psychology
This program includes online coursework experiences.
Sample courses
- Environmental Health Concepts in Public Health
- Principles of Epidemiology
- Public Health Program Planning and Evaluation
- Social Determinants of Health Equity
- Learning to Lead in Public Health Settings: Personal and Team Development
Bachelor's
This program includes online coursework experiences.
Specializations
- BS in Business, Accounting*
- BS in Business, Business Administration*
- BS in Business, Finance
- BS in Business, Health Care Management*
- BS in Business, Human Resource Management*
- BS in Business, Management and Leadership*
- BS in Business, Marketing
- BS in Business, Project Management*
*FlexPath available
The FlexPath option for the project management specializations is not accredited by PMI-GAC.
This program includes 100% online coursework experiences.
Specializations
- BS in Health Care Administration, Leadership*†
- BS in Health Care Administration, Health Information Management*†
*FlexPath available
†AMP=Accelerated Master’s Pathway
This program includes online coursework experiences.
Specializations
- BS in IT, General Information Technology*
- BS in IT, Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- BS in IT, Information Assurance and Cybersecurity*
- BS in IT, Network and Cloud Computing
- BS in IT, Software Development in an Internet of Things (IoT) Space
*FlexPath available
BS in Nursing, RN-to-BSN*†
This program includes online coursework and in-person experiences.
Sample courses
- Leading People, Processes, and Organizations in Interprofessional Practice
- Improving Quality of Care and Patient Safety
- Making Evidence-Based Decisions
- Managing Health Information and Technology
- Practicing in the Community to Improve Population Health
*FlexPath available
†AMP=Accelerated Master’s Pathway
Specializations
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- General Psychology*
*FlexPath available
This program includes online coursework experience.
Sample Courses
- Psychology in a Diverse World
- Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy
- Abnormal Psychology
- Stress, Trauma, and Wellness
- Working with Families Across the Lifespan
BS in Public Health†
This program includes online coursework experiences.
Sample courses
- Introduction to Theories of Social and Behavioral Change
- Introduction to Biostatistics
- Introduction to Epidemiology
- Introduction to Public Health Policy and Management
- Introduction to Environmental Health
†AMP=Accelerated Master’s Pathway
Certificate
This certificate include online coursework.
The following certificate options:
- Graduate Certificate in Business, Human Resource Management
*FlexPath available
Choose one of the following certificate options:
- Graduate Certificate in Counseling, Contemporary Theory in Addictive Behavior
- Graduate Certificate in Counseling, Contemporary Theory in Mental Health Services
- Graduate Certificate in Counseling, Contemporary Theory in School-Based Services
- Graduate Certificate in Counseling, Systemic Couple and Family Therapy
- Graduate Certificate in Counseling, Play Therapy
Choose one of the following certificate options:
- Care Coordination
- Nursing Informatics
- Nursing Leadership
This certificate includes online coursework.
- Graduate Certificate in Psychology, Applied Behavior Analysis
These certificates include online coursework.
Choose one of the following certificate options:
- Public Health
Get a head start on your future master’s – and potentially save time and money – when you take master’s-level courses while earning your bachelor’s degree with select programs.
Accreditations & recognitions
Capella University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master's degree program in nursing, and Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Capella University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org)
Choose a learning format
We offer two online learning formats that are flexible, affordable and supportive. Choose from the more structured GuidedPath, available for all our programs, or FlexPath, our self-paced option available for select programs.
Follow our lead
We’ll set the weekly coursework schedule; you meet the deadlines.
Pay per course
The familiar way to pay for your tuition with price varying by courseload or term; pay for what you take.
Interactive setting
Online discussions with faculty and classmates, plus regular check-ins with your academic coach.
Self-paced
Set your own deadlines, move through courses at your own speed.
Pay per session
Take one or two core courses at a time and complete as many as you want in 12 weeks for one flat fee.*
1:1 engagement
Get learning support from tutors, detailed feedback from faculty and personalized planning from coaches.
*Books, supplies and other fees apply. Military Tuition Assistance (TA) is not available for FlexPath.
Save on select degrees with a $1K, $2.5K, $5K, $15K or $20K Capella Progress Reward — a scholarship to help fund your tuition. Eligibility rules and exclusions apply. Connect with us for details.
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