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Do More in Four Through Year-Round Campus

Ready to make the most of your college years? Through the University of Mary’s one-of-a-kind Year-Round Campus program, you can earn your bachelor’s degree in less than three years, your bachelor’s and master’s in four, or your bachelor’s and doctorate in just six while traveling the region and the continent, taking part in exclusive on-campus activities, forming lifelong friendships, and growing both as a future professional and as a person.

The Year-Round Campus Advantage

As a YRC student, you’ll have access to financial aid all year long and end up paying less in total tuition than your peers.

More than that, graduating sooner and entering the workforce earlier will position you to reap a huge lifetime financial benefit — according to an independent analysis, over $330,000 if you complete your bachelor’s in less than three years and over $630,000 if you complete your bachelor’s and master’s in four years.

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Why YRC?

  • Graduate With Less Debt: Each summer, you’ll take a full semester of classes at the prior academic year’s tuition rate. Over three years, you’ll save thousands.

  • Apply Financial Aid and Scholarships to Summer Tuition: YRC students on track to earn their bachelor’s degrees in 2.6 years can renew fall and spring financial aid awards each summer term and enroll in our Theodore Roosevelt Fellows program to receive up to a total of $2,400 in scholarships.

  • Work and Learn: No need to sacrifice summer earnings — YRC students can easily work up to 20 hours a week throughout the academic year, either on campus or off.

  • Upgrade Your Summers: YRC offers a dynamic, community-focused summer experience. Just within the first few weeks of summer term, you’ll get to make authentic pasta carbonara from scratch with Monsignor Shea, camp under the stars in the Badlands, and explore regional historic sites with your peers and faculty mentors.

  • Get Ahead With a Master’s or Doctorate: If you choose to continue your education at Mary after completing your bachelor’s, we’ll cover the cost of your first graduate course.

McKinsey Rosendahl

I would absolutely recommend that future students participate in YRC. There’s so much to do in Bismarck during the summer, and you’ll get to take classes and make friends with students you wouldn’t usually have the chance to meet during the regular school year. You’ll also have opportunities to learn from amazing guest professors and participate in all kinds of summer activities that make it so much easier to get to know new people. The activities are the best part!

McKinsey Rosendahl, ’22, Bachelor of Science in Biomechanics with concentrations in sports medicine and pre-PT

Activities through Year-Round Campus

Each summer, YRC students trek to Medora in western North Dakota to attend the world-famous Medora Musical and explore Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Students who participate in Year-Round Campus experience one-on-one learning opportunities, smaller class sizes, and special activities. Classes are taken outside the classroom to enjoy the beautiful season on campus.
Our campus community remains as active and vibrant during the summer as during the regular academic year.
Day and weekend trips to regional highlights, from the McDowell Dam Recreation Area just east of Bismarck to major North American cities like Winnipeg, MB, and Chicago, IL, punctuate YRC students’ summer studies.
Many YRC students majoring in health care or the natural sciences participate in SURVE, or the University of Mary’s Summer Undergraduate Research Vocation Experience program.

Become a Theodore Roosevelt Fellow

Get access to up to $2,400 in scholarships through our Theodore Roosevelt Fellows (TR Fellows) program. Specially designed for YRC participants seeking additional opportunities for personal and professional growth, this summer fellowship track brings together students, faculty, and world-class visiting scholars for weekly enrichment seminars and formative cultural excursions.

I have always said I would not have been president had it not been for my experience in North Dakota. It was here that the romance of my life began.

Theodore Roosevelt

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