College Unbound

College Unbound's mission is to reinvent the higher education experience for underserved adult learners, using a student-driven model of rigorous and engaged scholarship.

College Unbound is an innovative, degree-granting college for adults who have faced barriers to completing their Bachelor's degree. CU specializes in getting students on a path to a degree, keeping them focused on that goal, and supporting them in every way necessary to achieve it.

College Unbound helps adults re-enter and stay in college and get their Bachelor of Arts degree. The academic content and instruction build on earlier studies and life experience.

CU is a non-profit educational institution in Providence, Rhode Island focused on adult learners. Our students are aged 19-65, part of the 128,000 adults in Rhode Island with some college but no degree. Most of our students have attended multiple colleges, both in person and online. The majority make less than 45,000 per year, qualifying for Pell grants and federal loans.

Students' interests and the needs of their workplace and community are part of their educational program. Learning takes place in the classroom, online, with peers, in the workplace, and your local community.