The expedite stack has four layers, all of them official Rasmussen machinery. The subscription: flat term price, unlimited completions, so every extra finished course is free. The CBE catalog: Empowered Learning courses are self-paced project sets, six plus a final, no weekly gates, pace set by project throughput. Knowledge Credit: $149 self-directed assessments test you out of eligible courses outright, and transfer sweeps average 24 to 81 credits. And the desk: projects drafted to clear every criterion in 24 to 48 hours, the throughput engine that turns the other three layers from theory into a shortened transcript.
The expedite machine, layer by layer
Sweep credit before the term starts
Transfer, military training, certifications, and the $149 test-outs clear everything clearable, up to 67 percent of most programs. Courses you never take are the fastest courses in the catalog.
Choose subscription with a plan attached
Flat-term billing pays for throughput, so it wants a dated project map: which CBE courses, which projects, which weeks. We build the map free with any engagement.
Run projects on the 24-to-48 clock
Each project drafts through the eight-person pipeline while you personalize the last one: submit, receive, personalize, submit. The lowest-criterion rule is handled by design, every row cleared, so resubmission cycles stop eating calendar.
Keep standard courses in the second lane
Letter-grade courses with exams pace themselves differently: writing handed off, exam prep aimed at the target, nursing's 78 line respected with margin, per the standard desk.
What compressed terms look like
| Profile | Typical drift pace | Managed subscription pace |
|---|---|---|
| Business associate or bachelor's, heavy CBE | 2 to 3 courses per term | 5 or more; the flat rate converts each extra into free tuition |
| RN to BSN, arriving with RN credit standing | 3 to 4 quarters of drift | the writing-heavy core compressed hard; exams paced honestly |
| Master's, 11-week CBE courses | one course at a time, gaps between | back-to-back with projects pre-drafted; gaps deleted |
Ranges, not promises: your credit position and calendar set the floor, and exam-gated courses pace to your study, never to our drafts. What the table shows is the direction the machinery pushes when someone actually works it.
What this expedite refuses to be
- Not exam misconduct: proctored or otherwise, exams are sat by you, prepared by us, no exceptions
- Not attendance games: the 14-day activity windows are yours to keep, and our term maps keep them visible
- Not a promise of specific completion counts: we map, draft, and carry; your calendar votes too
- Not all-or-nothing: plenty of clients expedite one brutal stretch, the sciences, a capstone, and cruise the rest
Make the flat rate earn its name
Send your program, credit position, and term dates. The project map and honest pace read come back free.
Sources and verification
Facts on this page come from official and independent sources, and anything that matters is worth checking against the originals:
- www.rasmussen.edu/student-experience/empowered-learning: Rasmussen's official Empowered Learning pages, source for the CBE project structure
- www.rasmussen.edu/tuition: official subscription and per-credit tuition published by Rasmussen
- www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/course-catalog: the official course catalog, source for grading scales and course codes
- www.hlcommission.org: Higher Learning Commission, the institutional accreditor
- www.ccneaccreditation.org: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, the nursing accreditor
- apastyle.apa.org: APA Style, the official style authority behind the formatting rules