Advance Your Career. On Your Time.
Take control of your future with flexible programs built for real life — whether you’re returning to college, changing paths, or leveling up your skills.
Adult Learners & Working Professionals
Education Built Around You.
Now Is Your Time
Start sooner with flexible schedules, real support, and programs built for working adults.
Career-Ready
Build skills and experience employers value right now.
Affordable
A SUNY degree that delivers quality and value without overwhelming cost.
Transfer-Friendly
Get credit for past college, military, or work experience—and finish faster.
Flexible. Real. Possible.
Real Stories from SUNY Oswego Students
College isn’t one-size-fits-all. At SUNY Oswego, we meet students where they are—because real life doesn’t stop for education. Different lives, one common thread: they all earned their degree without pressing pause.
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Finish your degree
Have past college credits? Transfer what you’ve earned and finish faster with flexible courses and credit for your experience.
Start something new
Ready for a career change? Pivot into a new field with flexible degrees built to fit your life.
Boost your skills
Earn microcredentials and certificates online—affordable, fast, and career-focused.
Professional development
Advance with targeted training and certifications designed for busy professionals.
Military and Veterans
You’ve served. Now it’s our turn—flexible programs, tuition benefits, and dedicated support.
DESIGNED FOR YOUR CAREERPrograms for Adult Learners
While adult students can apply to most undergraduate and graduate programs, many find our Integrative Professional Studies (IPS) degree the fastest path to completion. IPS is designed for students with previous credits and career experience.
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SUNY Oswego really allowed me to build an education that fits my life, as a mom, a full-time 911 operator and adult learner returning to finish my degree.
SUNY Oswego has strengthened my adaptability, collaboration, and leadership. These experiences have refined my vision of combining creative and strategic thinking, equipping me to make a positive impact in my professional journey.
The way you’re treated as a veteran is really how you represent it. Faculty and students here are respectful and value the sacrifices we’ve suffered and sometimes are still suffering.
At SUNY Oswego, I feel fully equipped to embrace my future. I feel like I’m ready to embrace the real world and take what I’ve learned here to apply it to my career.
The professors are willing to find solutions to life challenges and that has been so helpful. I really appreciate the flexibility I have been offered.
Finish your degreeThe Fastest Path Forward
For many students, Integrative Professional Studies (IPS) is the fastest way to finish a degree—turning transfer credits and real-world experience into a flexible, career-focused bachelor’s program.
Nationally RecognizedAward-Winning Student Support
At Oswego, you’ll have your own Academic Planning Coordinator (APC)—a dedicated advisor who helps you make the most of your credits and keeps you on track from start to finish. Our APC team has been recognized nationally for outstanding student support, and it shows in the care and attention they give every learner.
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Wherever you’re starting from, SUNY Oswego helps you move forward. Explore your path today and see how education built around you can change what’s possible.