About WGU Washington

WGU Washington is a nonprofit, online university established by the state of Washington to provide its citizens with flexible, affordable access to quality higher education. Created through a partnership with nationally and regionally accredited Western Governors University, WGU Washington is ideal for busy working adults who want to advance their careers by finishing a college degree or earning an advanced degree.

• Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Business, Information Technology, Teacher Education, and Health Professions, including Nursing
• Flexible, competency-based learning that allows you to use your knowledge and experience to accelerate
• Affordable, flat-rate tuition
• One-on-one support by faculty mentors

As part of Western Governors University, WGU Washington offers degree programs that are:

• Regionally accredited. By the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities—the same accrediting body responsible for the accreditation of major institutions including the University of Washington and the Washington State University.
• Nationally accredited. By the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC).
• NCATE Accredited. The Teachers College at WGU Washington, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Governors University, offers NCATE-accredited teaching degree programs. NCATE is the premier specialized accrediting body for teacher preparation and is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• CCNE accredited. The nursing programs at WGU Washington are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• CAHIIM accredited. WGU Washington’s Health Informatics program is now accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
• CNSS certified. WGU Washington's Information Security and Assurance program has been certified by the National Security Agency's Information Assurance Courseware Evaluation (IACE) Program.

The following pages provide additional information on how to transfer your StraighterLine online college course credit and earn your college degree from WGU Washington:

• Application Process
  Apply whenever you are ready via WGU Washington online application

• Transfer College Credit for StraighterLine Courses to WGU Washington
  WGU Washington accepts most StraighterLine’s college-level courses for full credit.


• See how StraighterLine courses map to different college degrees offered by WGU Washington .

• Tuition Rates

• Distance Learning and Online College Programs at WGU Washington - If the flexibility and convenience of distance learning worked for you at StraighterLine, then you can continue earning your degree with online classes once you enroll at WGU Washington.

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For students who have enrolled in a SL course prior to February 1, 2012, that course will not be subject to the new WGU proctoring policy so long as the course is completed by March 31, 2012.

StraighterLine will indicate on its transcript whether the final exam for a course has been proctored, and will note where a course falls within the grandfathering policy and therefore not requiring a proctored final.

Note – Writing courses do not have a timed final and therefore proctoring is not applicable.

 *The tuition credit is $50 per course for the first four (4) StraighterLine courses transferred upon admission to WGU ($200 maximum). To qualify, courses must be (1) completed before his or her first term of enrollment at WGU and (2) eligible for transfer to WGU as outlined in this page. WGU applies the tuition credit to the student's first-term tuition bill at WGU.