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Early Start Program

As a high school junior or senior you can enroll in college now and start receiving college credit toward a 4-year bachelor's degree or a 2-year associate's degree at Indiana Tech. This is called our Early Start program. A special feature of this program is that the professor who begins with you as your adviser will continue working with you until you graduate.

Course Scholarship

As a junior or senior, you will receive an Early Start scholarship that will reduce your tuition to $75 per credit hour, a typical course being 3 credit hours or $225. This includes your book rental fee. Should you continue your degree program at Indiana Tech after high school graduation, you will receive tuition credit (as described below) in addition to any scholarships for which you may be eligible.

$500 Tuition Credit

Upon enrolling at Indiana Tech as a full time student after graduation from high school, you will receive a $500 tuition credit for up to three course that were completed with a C grade or better while in high school.

Earning College Credit in High School

With certain programs you could receive a degree ahead of schedule thereby getting a jump on obtaining a college degree. There are several ways you can make this happen.

  1. Enroll as a high school student at Indiana Tech:
    • College of Business
    • College of Engineering
    • College of General Studies
    • School of Computer Studies

  2. Take the following Cisco Academy courses in high school:
    • Java
    • IT Essentials II
    • Networking (CCNA courses)
    • Linux
    • Web Design

  3. Score at certain levels on Advanced Placement exams.
  4. Proficiency credit may be obtained through programming courses already taken in high school.
  5. A limited number of courses are available on-line. 

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