Gain affordable access to higher education. Through enrollment at cooperating campus-based programs, WICHE’s student exchange programs offer a broad range of options for students at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. More than 25,000 students participate in these programs. By enrolling at the participating campuses in the 2009-10 academic year, undergraduate students alone saved $173.4 million dollars in tuition by paying 150% of resident tuition, instead of the full nonresident rate. More recently, WICHE has created some new programs to assist online and nontraditional adult learners.
Internet Course Exchange (ICE)
Enables institutions to meet student, state, and workforce needs cost-effectively by exchanging high quality, Internet-delivered courses and programs.
Non-traditional No More: Policy Solutions for Adult Learners
Aims to help selected states increase the number of “ready adults” (those who’ve accumulated a significant number of college credits but remain just shy of completing their degree) who return to college and finish their postsecondary education.
Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP)
Helps students who want to earn a professional degree in the health professions pay reduced tuition at participating programs in the West.
State Scholars Initiative
Administered by WICHE from October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2009, SSI partnered with business leaders to motivate students to complete a rigorous course of study in high school.
Transparency by Design
Provides adult learners with information to become educated consumers of online higher education.
Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP)
Assists students who want to earn a master’s or doctorate to save money at participating institutions across the West by paying resident tuition.
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)
Helps undergraduate students to study out of state in the West for less (150 percent of resident tuition) at some 145 institutions in 15 WICHE states.
