Corporate Education Partnerships
MTSU has worked closely with several different organizations and companies to develop specialized programs to help their employees gain the academic credentials that they need to advance in their careers. MTSU can provide your company with exclusive tuition rates along with all the other things the University offers its students. Your employees will be able to talk with degree counselors and advisors about fully customizable degree plans, the potential to earn college credit for their prior work and training, and flexible online classes tailor-made for working adults.
Exclusive Tuition Rate
We love working with our partners to provide educational opportunities and assistance to their employees. We’re happy to offer a discounted tuition rate to employees of companies who partner with us. In addition, our staff will assist your employees in developing a personalized education path, including accessing all tuition assistance funds that may already be provided by the company.
Degrees Specialized for Working Adults
For adults, going back to college to add to their existing degrees or to finish degrees they once started is very common. MTSU offers flexible options that are specifically designed for working adults with demanding schedules. The degrees can be completed online at the student's preferred pace.
Earn Credit For What You Know
Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) allows students to earn college credit for learning acquired from work and training. The average student earns 24 credits, or eight full courses. That equates to more than $9,000 in savings for in-state students. In the PLA course, students create a detailed portfolio of their professional competencies, training and certifications, and other experiential learning.
Company Cohorts Available
There are opportunities for several of your employees to enroll as a cohort to advance through the program together.
To discuss a plan that fits your company contact Mark Murphy at 615-898-5585.
Stories from our Partners
Middle Tennessee State University students are getting a financial boost thanks to a thriving partnership between the university and Chick-fil-A restaurants in Murfreesboro owned by the Noblitt family.
Kaylin Garton started working at the Old Fort Parkway Chick-fil-A four years ago when she was attending Siegel High School in Murfreesboro. She says the job has lifted the financial burden on not just her, but her whole family.
When Chris Brennan started at Middle Tennessee State University in 1992, he wasn’t sure where life would take him next. Now, a 29-year veteran of the Metro Nashville Police Department, he is finally finishing what he started and graduating with his bachelor’s degree in integrated studies this August.
During his first stint at MTSU, Brennan majored in criminal justice and enjoyed his classes, but saw an opportunity with MNPD when they started a recruiting program in the summer of 1993. He interned there but had to enroll at Tennessee State University in order to join the program. He earned enough college credits to enter the police academy. Upon completing the academy, the first one in the program at this point, he joined the department full time in 1996.
Students taking advantage of the partnership between McGuire Restaurant Group and Middle Tennessee State University are thriving: one student employee’s already graduated, and several more preparing to walk across the stage inside Murphy Center very soon.
Two of those students, Michael Johnson and Ariane Raines, say they are reaching goals faster than they had ever imagined because of this unique partnership, forged in fall 2021, in which McGuire Restaurant Group pays 100% of a qualifying employee’s tuition at MTSU.
Leaders and representatives from Middle Tennessee State University and Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc. met Monday, Nov. 6, to formalize their partnership that provides tuition assistance to eligible Barrett employees.
MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and Joel Miller, vice president for sales and marketing for Barrett, revealed details Monday during a signing ceremony at the Barrett facility in Christiana, Tennessee.
“Under the agreement, eligible employees at the company will be able to take any MTSU classes each year in any topic at a substantial tuition discount,” McPhee said. “The company will also utilize the Applied Leadership Certificate Program offered by MTSU’s University College as part of a program they are calling Barrett University.
“This partnership is designed to empower employees to learn and advance their careers no matter where they are on their journey.”
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