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Finish Your Bachelor's Degree Your Way

Complete Your Bachelor’s Degree Fully Online

Build on the college credits you’ve already earned and complete your bachelor’s degree fully online at UMass Amherst. Whether you’re transferring from a community college, returning after time away, or seeking a more flexible path to graduation, our degree completion programs can help you move forward while balancing work, family, and other commitments.

Find Your Fit

Explore online degree completion options across business, education, social impact, communication, sustainability, health, and more—or design your own degree.

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Business and Management

Build the knowledge and leadership skills to succeed in today's evolving workplace. Explore programs in business, finance, accounting, management, operations, human resources, leadership, and interdisciplinary business studies.

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Psychology, Human Behavior, and Social Impact

Explore how people, communities, and social systems shape the world around us. These programs prepare you to understand human behavior, advance equity, support communities, and pursue careers in psychology, sociology, human services, advocacy, and criminal justice.

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Education, Teaching, and Child Development

Prepare to support learners at every stage of life through programs focused on child development, early education, and language learning. These programs help you build the knowledge and skills to make a meaningful impact in educational settings.

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Environment, Science, and Health

Address today's environmental and public health challenges through flexible programs focused on sustainability, food systems, and health. Explore interdisciplinary studies that prepare you to make a positive impact on people and the planet.

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BDC Interest Area Comms, Media, and the Arts

Communication, Media, and the Arts

Develop your voice, creativity, and communication skills through programs in writing, journalism, media, arts leadership, and translation. Learn to inform, inspire, and connect with audiences across industries and cultures.

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BDC Interest Area Design Your Own Pathway

Design Your Own Degree

Create a bachelor's degree that reflects your unique goals and interests. Design a personalized course of study by combining disciplines, building on your previous college credits, and incorporating relevant life and work experience where appropriate.

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All courses are taught online by UMass Amherst faculty, providing the same academic quality and expertise as on-campus programs. You'll benefit from instruction grounded in current research, real-world experience, and a curriculum designed to help you apply what you learn to your personal and professional goals. 

Make the Most of the Credits You’ve Earned and Life You've Lived

Your previous education, and your experience outside the classroom, may help you get closer to completing your degree. Depending on your program, you may be able to transfer prior college credits and earn college credits for previous life and work experience, with up to 105 credits potentially applied toward your degree.

Many Options, One UMass Commitment

Our online bachelor’s degree completion programs are offered through the University Without Walls Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, the Isenberg School of Management, the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, and the Stockbridge School of Agriculture. While each program is connected to its respective academic home, they share a commitment to helping students build on previous college credits, learn with flexibility, and finish their bachelor’s degree in a way that fits their goals, experience, and life.

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