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University Mission
The mission of Capella University is to extend access to high quality bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and certificate programs for adults who seek to maximize their personal and professional potential. This mission is fulfilled through innovative programs that are responsive to the needs of adult learners and involve active, engaging, challenging, and relevant learning experiences offered in a variety of delivery modes.
Our Accreditation
Capella is an accredited university. Learn more about our accreditation and our accrediting body.
Commencement Ceremonies
Capella University holds commencement ceremonies twice each year: in Minneapolis each August, and in another major U.S. city each February or March. We also provide live and archived webcasts of the ceremony for graduates, family, and friends who are unable to attend in person.
History of Capella University
The founders of Capella University envisioned a new kind of university that adult learners could attend from any location. Today, more than 20,200 adult professionals attend Capella University online.
Capella In Your City
Find out when Capella University is visiting a city near you. We participate in many academic, community, and professional events throughout the country.
Our Headquarters
Capella University employs 1,090 administrative staff at its Minneapolis, Minnesota, headquarters and more than 1,000 faculty members throughout the country.
Capella University's Accreditation
Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), www.ncahlc.org.
Capella University, 225 South Sixth Street, Ninth Floor, Minneapolis, MN 55402, 1-888-CAPELLA (227-3552), www.capella.edu.
Leading the Way for Quality Online Education
In 2000, Capella University became the first online academic institution to become a charter participant of the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) of the NCA. AQIP participants commit to a program of continuous quality improvement (CQI) similar to initiatives practiced in other industries.
AQIP provides an alternative model of accreditation maintenance with The Higher Learning Commission. Instead of the traditional 10-year review cycle, AQIP participants adhere to an ongoing annual review regimen. By participating in AQIP, Capella is required to analyze its operational processes and measure outcomes within each of nine different quality criteria, and to set ambitious performance goals, such as converting all its courses to an outcomes/competency-based model.
What Types of Accreditation are Available?
Regional accreditation agencies accredit public and private, non-profit and for-profit, and undergraduate and graduate institutions in the United States. Capella University has this type of accreditation.
Specialized and professional accrediting organizations accredit specific programs or schools such as law and business schools, or programs in educational administration and teacher education. For example, the American Counseling Association's Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) has accredited Capella's mental health counseling and marital, couple and family counseling/therapy specializations in the School of Human Services.
National accrediting bodies accredit a wide variety of institutions, most frequently single-purpose institutions (e.g., flight schools), private career institutions, and religiously-affiliated colleges and universities.
Financial Aid
More than 75 percent of our learners receive some form of financial aid to support their education investment.
Federal Financial Aid
Reduce Tuition Costs
Learn more about how your current employer benefits, previous course work experience, and United States Armed Forces service and training may help reduce your bottom-line tuition costs.
FAQs and Financial Aid Policy
Note: You must be enrolled at least half time to qualify for federal financial aid.
