Financing Your Professional Education

Students enrolling in Villanova University’s professional non-credit certificate courses and programs may be able to take advantage of the following financial benefits:

• Interest-free payment options
• Corporate tuition assistance
• Military benefits
• Sallie Mae Smart Option Loans®

Villanova offers numerous single course and multi-course certificate programs, including topics ranging from project management, Six Sigma and Agile to human resource management and strategic organizational leadership.

Payment Options and Support

Interest-Free Payment Plans

Villanova offers several interest-free payment options that divide tuition and other fees into multiple payments.

All major credit cards are accepted for tuition payments and related expenses.

Smart Option Loan

Sallie Mae offers a flexible, credit-based loan product to those who qualify. This can help working adults who enroll in an accredited university’s distance learning certificate program. For more information on the Sallie Mae Smart Option Loan®, contact Sallie Mae at 855-756-5626 or visit salliemae.com.

Employee Benefits

Your employer may cover some (or all) of the costs for education through tuition assistance programs. Your benefits may cover costs, fees, books and other materials.

Ask your human resources department, or your supervisor, to determine what educational benefits your company may provide. Here are some things your company may ask for:

• Letter to supervisor
• Program of study
• Curriculum
• Program cost
• Tax deduction eligibility*

Depending on the policies governing your company tuition assistance, more options may be available, such as deferred payment for those requiring proof of grades. Your student success representative can help you find this information – call 855-300-1473 for any questions.

*In order to gain tax deduction eligibility, you should speak to a certified tax preparer first.

Government Savings

All federal, state and local government employees are eligible to save 10% off individual courses. Call 855-300-1473 and identify yourself as a government employee to benefit from these savings.

Military Benefits

You may be able to use your Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) education benefits for Villanova’s 100% online non-credit certificate programs, based upon your individual eligibility.

Villanova also offers 15% savings per certificate course to active-duty servicemembers, veterans, Guardsmen, Reservists and their spouses and dependents (upon verification of military status).

This reduction is valid off the standard tuition fee rate of the listed courses offered by Villanova University with online administration by Bisk. This reduction is not stackable with other reductions, and you may not use this reduction in conjunction with other reductions.

Visit the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Web Enabled Approval Management System (WEAMS) to view which programs of study or courses are currently certified. Benefit certification depends upon your VA determined eligibility, enrollment status and certified program of study.

GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.

You can save on a multi-course package by purchasing the full certificate program.*

Certificate Programs

• Agile Management
• Applied Project Management
• Lean Six Sigma
• Human Resource Management
• Agile Contract Management
• Business Analysis
• Business Intelligence
• Business Process Management
• Information Security Management
• Organizational Leadership

*Pricing for multi-course certificate programs vary depending on course selection.