NOLS’ college credit program is unparalleled in wilderness education.
Every NOLS course is approved for credit and more than 75 percent of our college-age students take advantage of this option. More than 400 colleges and universities nationwide have accepted NOLS/University of Utah credit, and many more grant their own credit for NOLS courses.
University of Utah College Credit
For more than 20 years NOLS has offered college credit through the University of Utah, one of the nation’s premier research universities. These courses are offered through the University’s departments of Biology, Health Education, and Parks, Recreation and Tourism. Click here to find out how.
Associate Degree Programs
NOLS and Central Wyoming College (CWC) in Riverton, Wyoming have partnered to offer two degree programs:
Direct Credit
These colleges offer their own credit and process financial aid for a NOLS education:
- Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
- College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine
- Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan
- Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont
- Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York
- State University of New York-Cortland, Cortland, New York
- State University of New York-Plattsburgh , Pattsburgh, New York
- Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont
- University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
- University of Montana-Western, Dillon, Montana
- University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada
- University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
- Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado
Articulation Agreements
The following colleges allow the easy transfer of University of Utah credit and process financial aid for a NOLS education:
- Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, Alaska
- Algonquin College, Pembroke, Ontario Canada
- Aurora University, Aurora, Illinois
- Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
- Collège Mérici, Québec, Canda
- Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
- Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, New Hampshire
- Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York
- Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
- Kyushu Lutheran College, Kyushu, Japan
- Northwest College, Powell, Wyoming
- Paul Smith's College, Paul Smiths, New York
- Quest University Canada, Garibaldi Highlands, BC, Canada
- Radford University, Radford, Virginia
- Unity College, Unity, Maine
- Utah State University, Logan, Utah
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