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Troy Overview
Troy University is a public university founded in 1887 in Alabama that has 30,000 students across 60 sites in 18 states and 11 countries. It offers both online and in-class degree programs at the bachelor's and master's level in fields such as business, criminal justice, education, and public administration. Troy University is recognized for its affordable tuition rates and history of serving military students through flexible programs.
Troy Overview
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- 2. Founded 1887 inTroy, Alabama Education partner with US Military since 1951 30,000 students, 60 sites world-wide Located in 18 states, 11 countries
- 3. What’s so greatabout TROY? Quality degree programs Flexible delivery—in-class & online Historical state university on the cutting edge of technology Great tuition value, no hidden fees
- 4. TROY Degree ProgramsOnline Bachelor’s Resource & Tech. Mgmt Applied Computer Science Business Administration - Gen. Bus. or Mgmt. Criminal Justice - Homeland Security Sport & Fitness Mgmt History Political Science Psychology Social Science Interpreter Training Online Master’s Master of Business Admin. MS, Criminal Justice MS, Human Resource Mgmt MS, International Relations MS, Post-Secondary Educ. MS, Management Master of Public Admin.
- 5. What Others Say About TROY Forbes “Best Public Universities” 2009 & 2010 (Top school in AL) Princeton Review “Best Southeast Colleges” 6 Years Running Geteducated.com “Best Buy Online Master’s Programs”
- 6. More Bragging AboutTROY! Specialized accreditation for Business, Public Administration and Psychology Programs GIJOBS.com “ Top 15% of Military-Friendly Schools” Among top-five for soldiers pursuing bachelor degrees More than 60 general/flag-rank officers are graduates of TROY
- 7. Undergrad and GraduateDegrees 5 terms per year 9 weeks per term Most in-class courses cover two full weekends: Friday evening through Sunday Academic Terms
- 8. Undergraduate: $250 percredit hour Graduate: $420 per credit hour MBA has same tuition Application Fee: $30 or $50 (grad) Comp exam: $50 Intent to graduate: $60 Tuition & Fees
- 9. Bottom Line: TROYoffers… … quality, accredited education at a low cost, and we can prove it! … flexible delivery modes—ideal for military members with tough schedules and frequent deployments. … over five decades of proud history with the US military.
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Editor's Notes
- #3 Started as Troy Normal School—a teacher ‘s college Next year is our 125 th Birthday 76% undergrad, 24% grad. Long history with US Military In 1950’s started relationships with AL military installations Ft Rucker, Maxwell AFB Now a proud participant in Yellow Ribbon Program Distance learning programs evolved to Global Campus—now over 60 sites world-wide Over 30k students--Worldwide enrollment is greater than Alabama U or Auburn 65 sites if you include the four campuses in AL
- #4 Legitimacy = Regional Accreditation vs. National Accreditation vs. none Six regional associations recognized by the U.S. Dept of Ed and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Department of Education's list ( http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.asp ) . TROY’s Business degree programs also have specialized accred.—ACBSP (Accreditation Council of Business Schools & Programs) Working toward AACSB—cream of the crop TROY’s Public Admin program has specialized NASPAA accreditation (Nat’l Assoc. of Schools for Public Affairs and Administration Experience with online programs counts—TROY has been a leader in online education for much longer than most schools Quality hard to discern among online schools. Things to evaluate: Rigor of courses Responsiveness of Faculty/Staff Real People to talk to Tech Support (9-5 EST? or 24/7?) Training for using course mgmt software More on tuition later
- #5 MS, International Relations: (Concentrations in global studies, nat’l security affairs, or regional affairs: Latin America, Europe, Asia) MSIR is authorized by USAF as a second master’s degree for officers using TA. MS, Management (concentrations in human resources, leadership & organization, international management, healthcare management, information systems) Management and MBA both have ACBSP business program accreditation MPA has 9 areas of concentration, accredited by NASPAA
- #6 Outranked Univ. of AL and Auburn in Forbes report. Rankings based on student evaluations, graduates’ success, student debt loads, graduation rates and student and faculty national awards and scholarships Geteducated.com ranks online schools and degree programs. Several of TROY’s master’s programs are ranked in top 10 GetEducated.com ranks competing online programs nationwide in similar classes of institutions. TROY was compared to other universities that are regionally accredited. A “Best Buy” award designation means that the program was independently reviewed and found to offer high quality distance learning to a national audience at cost rates well below the national average, according to GetEducated.com founder Vicky Phillips. “ Troy University offers online students nationwide a chance at a high-quality masters degree through distance learning,” she said. “That’s an amazing value proposition.” TROY’s Master of Science in Human Resources Management program was the third-ranked program nationally, Master of Public Administration program ranked fifth nationally, Master of Science in Management ranked 9 th nationally. Master of Science in Criminal Justice ranked 4 th . The University’s online Master of Business Administration program ranked in the top 15 percent of some 250 similar programs reviewed by the organization.
- #7 ACBSP for Business school (includes management programs) Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs NAASPA for MPA programs: National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration “ Military-friendly” now flavor of the month, mostly due to Post-911 GI Bill 12 th Most popular university choice amongst all military, all levels
- #8 All Troy academic terms—in-class or online--start at the same time.
- #9 That’s it—no lab fees, gym fee, parking fee, and most importantly, no per-term or per-credit hour fees. Many schools charge significantly more for MBA programs Make sure when prospective students are shopping tuition rates, they consider fees. Many schools do not go out of their way to make this public.
- #10 We’re not a newcomer to distance learning or to supporting soldiers in their educational goals. Participant in Post-911 GI Bill’s Yellow Ribbon program