Pursue A Degree With Support From Your Employer
The Colorado Technical University™ Center for Corporate Engagement works with employers to help their employees streamline access to education, provide career-relevant training, and potentially provide college credit for corporate training.
Key Employee Benefits
The CTU Center for Corporate Engagement is dedicated to creating a smooth path for adults who are seeking to advance their education with:
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Tuition Grants
CTU offers grants in connection with your employer to increase access to higher education for employees.
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Flexible Courses
CTU degree programs are designed for busy adults who are balancing their careers, families and other responsibilities. Flexible online courses can help you study on your own schedule and fit education into your busy life.
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Specialized Advisors
The CTU Center for Corporate Engagement will pair you with advisors who can assist you throughout your educational journey, and they are trained in your company’s policies and agreements.
Why CTU?
The CTU Center for Corporate Engagement is dedicated to creating a smooth path for adults who are seeking to advance their education and with:
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Courses for the Busy Schedule
Our 100% online, mobile-friendly degree programs let you pursue your education on your own schedule wherever you are, at any time of day. Classes start multiple times a year and run only 5 weeks.
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Award-Winning App
With CTU Mobile, you can study on the go and access your classes, assignments, student advisor, grades, and more. CTU Mobile provides access to the virtual campus in your pocket.
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CTU Fast Track™
Get credit for what you already know by proving aptitude and passing CTU Fast Track™ exams—potentially reducing time to graduation.1
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No Entrance Exams, No Fees, No Wait
Apply to CTU and receive an answer within days. No entrance exams or fees required to apply.
Watch Our Alumni Share Their CTU Experience
When I did my career change, I sat down with my husband we were like CTU is the best fit for our family.
Tiffany B., 2024 graduate, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
University grants or scholarships are based on established criteria as published in the University Catalog or on its website and are awarded after verification that the conditions of eligibility have been met. Students receiving a grant or scholarship, including the Commitment Grant, must continue to meet the eligibility requirements for the program. For terms and conditions of the Commitment Grant visit ufeedlab.sherbornecottages.com/commitment-grant/terms-and-conditions.
Save On Your Degree Through Your Employer
Commit to your education and explore college degree opportunities at CTU. The CTU Corporate Center for Engagement can collaborate with your employer to create an accessible and affordable path to higher education.
I chose CTU because they are very supportive of the military community. In addition my company has an excellent education benefit in partnership with this school. Brian B.
2024 Graduate,
Master of Business Administration
Contact Us
Discover how you could pursue your degree with the assistance of your employer. Contact us!
1 The ability to reduce time in school and/or reduce tuition towards the full cost of a degree program depends on the number of CTU Fast Track™ exams successfully passed. Fast Track program credits are non-transferable. Not all programs are eligible for possible 30% reduction in time and money. Courses eligible are subject to change. Students should not rely on potential Fast Track savings or eligibility when making an enrollment decision.
Join The Center For Corporate Engagement
Transform your tuition assistance into a purpose-driven education benefit. You impact the lives of your employees through your higher education sponsorship. With the CTU Center for Corporate Engagement, you can streamline your employees’ access to education, provide career-relevant education, and drive strategic recruitment and retention for your organization.
Customize An Education Program For Your Organization
Attract, retain and cultivate goal-driven employees through a purpose-driven educational engagement plan with CTU. Our Center for Corporate Engagement team has successfully launched thoughtful employee programs with many corporations, educational institutions and professional associations.
Our team will work to align with your education culture, understand your learning and development needs, and deliver a program tailored to your employee development and retention requirements—including the opportunity to create a debt-free degree pathway for your employees with our Commitment Grant.1
The CTU Center For Corporate Engagement Experience Will:
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Develop Grants
Create grant programs to align with your higher education values and help transform your tuition assistance program into a purpose-driven education benefit.
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Communicate
We’ll co-create and deliver specialized communication campaigns to meet the needs of your program and spread awareness of your tuition benefits with your employees.
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Deliver a Specialized Employee Experience
Your program and employees are unique and will have customized student onboarding, student success coaching, and billing.
With The CTU Center For Corporate Engagement, You Will Be Able To:
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Empower Employees
Offer your employees the opportunity to further their education with an industry-relevant degree while also working to improve on-the-job performance.
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Build Confidence
Provide access to real-world curriculum that can challenge employees to build upon their current on-the-job skills.
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Enhance Benefits
Make your company’s tuition benefits go further with a tuition grant from CTU that may cover up to 100% of eligible tuition, including eBooks and student fees.2
Why Partner With Colorado Technical University?
In addition to the advantages of joining the CTU Center for Corporate Engagement, your employees can benefit from all that the CTU experience has to offer, including:
Review of Corporate
Training for College Credit
Your employees may be able to apply their work experience and corporate training to their degrees.3
Convert on-the-job training into experiential degree credits.
Reduce the number of classes and possibly graduate sooner.
Earn credit for prior college courses and military experience, too.
Receive a Customized
Experience
For a better student experience, the CTU Center for Corporate Engagement is designed to provide your employees with support and processes specific to your company.
CTU’s support team will be trained on your company’s tuition reimbursement program.
Your employees will receive customized communication support, including both on-site and virtual options, at no additional cost to you.
You can choose optional deferred or direct billing processes to simplify employee access and administering your program.
Tailored Education and
Courses
The Center for Corporate Engagement can tailor your employees' educational options to your company.
CTU’s Corporate Engagement team can work with you to develop degree concentration options to better align with your company and its needs.
In addition to degree concentration options, students can choose from over 70 eligible associate, bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree programs.
Coursework can be completed online during off-hours so that pursuing a degree won’t interfere with the workday.
The Evolution of McDonald’s National Education Partnership with Colorado Technical University
McDonald’s Director of Education Strategies & Workforce Policy, Lisa Schumacher
Collaborate With CTU To Create A Debt-Free1 Degree Pathway For Your Employees.
- Nearly 90% of CTU student survey respondents who received a CTU Commitment Grant said that the grant positively impacts their perception of their employer 4
- Over 90% of CTU student survey respondents who received a CTU Commitment Grant said that the grant positively impacted their decision to enroll.5
- No Fees to your Company or your Employees
- Per-Session Tuition Billing – you don’t pay for the full year up front (pay only for classes your employee actually attends)
- Custom Billing and Reporting – we adjust to your processes and policies (we like you just the way you are).
- No Minimum Student Requirements – if we help you help one employee, it’s worth it.
- No Minimum Spend Requirements
- No Cost for Communication Materials – we provide custom promotional materials at no cost to your company.
- No Exclusivity – we don’t dictate who you can and cannot work with.
- Academic Program Options – based on your company policy
- Specialized Support Team – at your request, we can help your students navigate your tuition assistance process, get possible college credit for training at your company, or follow special enrollment requirements.
- No-Obligation 1:1 Video Consultations – employees can register for a no-obligation consultation to learn about their company specific benefits at CTU
- Graduation@Work - celebrating graduation is our favorite time of year - whether we celebrate virtually, in Denver, or throw a graduation at your workplace!
The partnership between CTU and my employer is 100% the reason why I felt confident and able to go back to school for my MSN.
Christina, 2021
Interested?
Are you interested in joining the CTU Center for Corporate Engagement? Contact us!
1 The Commitment Grant may cover the remaining cost of completing a CTU degree after applying the portion covered by the Corporate partner's employee tuition assistance. If students elect to take out federal loans, they are responsible for paying them back and thus not eligible for the debt-free education option.
2 University grants or scholarships are based on established criteria as published in the University Catalog or on its website and are awarded after verification that the conditions of eligibility have been met. Students receiving a grant or scholarship, including the Commitment Grant, must continue to meet the eligibility requirements for the program. For terms and conditions of the Commitment Grant visit ufeedlab.sherbornecottages.com/commitment-grant/terms-and-conditions
3 Transfer credit is evaluated on an individual basis. Not all credits are eligible for transfer. See the University Catalog for transfer credit policies.
4 Based on 2024 survey data (February-July) from 1640 CTU Commitment Grant survey recipients. 1449 of the 1640 respondents for this question indicated a positive response. Respondents are employed across 160 different companies.
5 Based on 2024 survey data (February-July) from 1694 CTU Commitment Grant survey recipients. 1509 of the 1647 respondents for this question indicated a positive response. Respondents are employed across 157 different companies.