RU Ready to Start Your Next Chapter?
The support you need to achieve your full potential—online or on campus.
Start Your Next Chapter with Our Grant or Laptop Program
At Rasmussen University, your success is important to us. That’s why we’re excited to offer the Online Kickstart Grant of up to $400 for students getting started on or before October 6, 2025, in select Rasmussen University Online programs.2 Or, when you begin select campus-based programs on or after August 7, 2024, we’ll provide you with a brand-new laptop to help you throughout your program.3
Areas of Study
Every Success Story Starts Somewhere
When we first opened our doors 125 years ago, the average salary in the U.S. was $450 a year. Fewer than one in ten people graduated high school, and most career paths led through a farm or a factory.
The way we work has certainly changed. But our dreams of better lives for ourselves and our families have never wavered. Since 1900, Rasmussen University has helped thousands of professionals on their paths to career success in business, healthcare, education, and much more.
As you choose your path, we invite you to see how generations of students just like you discovered theirs. Our 125th anniversary is more than a look back at the legacies they’ve built. It’s a look ahead at the legacy that’s waiting for you to build.
You Can Be RU Ready
What does it mean to be “RU Ready?” It’s all the ways that Rasmussen University makes you ready for the next chapter in your education. 60+ career-focused programs you can better manage with your life. Supportive faculty and student resources when you need it. Career services that don’t stop at graduation—they continue throughout your career.
At Rasmussen University, we see your vision for yourself and your career. And we celebrate every step of your journey, from submitting an assignment and using a new skill to becoming the confident professional you were meant to be.
No more feeling overlooked or underestimated—find your true potential and see your future as RU Ready.
Starting Fresh, Not Starting Over
You’ve already done the work—you should get credit for every step, whether it was a previous course, military training or professional certification. 67% of our program requirements may be completed through transfer credits or prior training.1 That’s a lot of saved time and money!
Support Where It Matters
RU Ready to feel supported at every step? 24/7 technical support, career advising, peer-to-peer mentoring and mental health support, and internationally recognized online tutoring are just a few of the ways we'll help you find a healthy balance between school and the rest of your life.
Online Degree Programs
A lot of colleges can say they have online classes—but how many can say they have 20+ years of experience designing and teaching online? Rasmussen University is one of them! You'll work with faculty trained specifically to teach and mentor online, use flexible learning options and virtual labs, work online with academic support teams and tap into 400,000+ electronic resources.
Education at Your Pace
Empowered Learning®, our competency-based education model, lets you take more control of your learning. Instead of tests, papers and a one-size-fits-all schedule, you manage your pace and create the kind of projects you'd see in a workplace. Plus, you’ll still stay connected to faculty and peers. RU Ready to show what you know?
Take the Next Step—Talk to Us!
Discover What’s Possible—Crissy’s Story
Crissy is a single mom and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) student while working full time. With the support of her advisor, instructors and peers, Crissy is confidently continuing her story at Rasmussen University.
“I want [my son] to come out of this as not only being proud of me as his mother, but also knowing that the impossible is possible for him.”
Speaker 1:
My name is Crissy Bruni. I'm from Ocala, Florida, and this is where I grew up, in the country. I'm in a program in the Navy called Career Intermission, where I'm in the inactive reserves; and I am going to school to Rasmussen University, and I have three years, and then I will go back into the Navy with a contract for six more years.
Speaker 2:
I was very excited that Chrissy was enrolling to be a nurse because I believe that that is her calling, and it is her passion.
Speaker 1:
About 20 years ago, we suffered a huge tragedy, where I do have a brother; he went to prison for life.
Speaker 2:
It was very hard for her; she went through a hard time. It happened, she was at FSU and had to leave school.
Speaker 1:
And that was really a turning point for me to become who I am today.
Speaker 2:
Sometimes Crissy doesn't think she's enough, and she is. Um, and I see it every day.
Speaker 3:
The students that have so many barriers to achieving this goal of getting a nursing degree, those are the ones that are most inspiring when they achieve that.
Speaker 1:
Rasmussen added fuel to the fire to make it, you know, positive for me by really supporting that I'm a single mom of a four-year-old, I'm working a full-time job, I have to go back into the Navy, I'm on a timeline, you know. Rasmussen made it so, ‘Hey, yes, we can do this. We have a program that you can accelerate and if you put in the work, we're going to be there on the other side for you to help you get through it.’
I've done this for my son; Kingston's my world. I want him to come out of this as not only being proud of me as his mother, but also knowing that the impossible is possible.
Speaker 2:
I'm always so proud of her.
Speaker 1:
Once I get my nursing degree, I plan to work for a little while. I would love to do labor and delivery, and then I would love to eventually get my nurse practitioner and become a midwife.