Changing Our Lives: Reasons for Choosing Strayer University

This paper discusses the reasons for choosing Strayer University and how it will change the author's life. The university's business-focused courses, flexible timings, financial flexibility, and online teaching methodology are highlighted.

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Changing Our Lives
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Introduction
The foremost determination of the paper is to focus on the reason behind going to
Strayer University at this point in my life. The paper will be stating three reasons why I chose
to go to that college at this time in my life. How my decision will change my life will be
stated clearly in this paper. High level of supporting information will be provided in this
paper.
Strayer University will be changing my life considering my existing professional
career.
Strayer University is one of the most accredited educational organizations for the
working professional located in the United States of America providing a wide range of
degrees such as public administration, information technology, education, health services
administration, criminal justice, business administration and accounting with flexible timings.
These are the most vital reasons for me to join this university (Strayer University, 2018). This
autonomous university works under a reputed holding organization known as the Strayer
Education Inc. The online teaching methodology will be very much useful for me as I’m a
working professional. The entire professional degree can be completed online with a help of
an active internet connection throughout my course is the other vital reason behind choosing
this organization (Comer, 2015). Campus based programs are also there in Washington DC as
well as in other parts of the country, so in case I need any kinds of help I can go to the college
campus, this makes more sense to me compared to the other online educational institutions.
The business-focused courses offered by this online educational institutions is their key
specifications which is the exact thing I need at this point of my life so this institution will
help me to work as a professional at the same time get a business focused degree.

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The education loans which I will get if I get admission in this college are the other
vital reason why I have chosen this particular university. These kinds of financial flexibility
are not found in any other online colleges of United States of America. The educational loan
can be easily repaid with the help of the salary I will be getting at the end of my course at this
university. The professional academic transcripts provided by this organization before the
semester examinations are also known to be sufficient enough to score good grades is the
other essential reason behind choosing this for-profit university (Stair & Reynolds, 2017).
The above-stated reasons will be enough to understand that this institution can
help me out in getting a professional degree without disrupting my existing professional
career.
Table 1:
Facts about Strayer
University
(Source:
Created by the author)
Wide range of professional careers for working professionals
Flexible Exam Timings
Huge financial flexibility
Instant access to course materials and tutorials (Dawson,
2015)

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Figure 1: Diversity Score of Strayer University with the National Average
(Source: Strayer University, 2018)
Figure 2: Average cost of a bachelor’s degree over the years
(Source: Strayer University, 2018)

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Conclusion
From the above paper, it can be concluded that my plan of joining this for-profit
business organization will be changing my life and enhance my career considering their
business-focused courses. It can also be concluded that the wide range of online courses and
the profession tutorials makes them one of the most reliable online educational institutions in
the USA.

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Online Colleges | Accredited & Affordable | Strayer University. (2018). Online Colleges |
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Stair, R., & Reynolds, G. (2017). Fundamentals of information systems. Cengage Learning.