Most online degree programs still bill you like it's 1997 — lock in for a semester, pay upfront, and figure out your life around the academic calendar. Nexford doesn't work that way.

Both the online Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) and the B.S. in AI for Business (BSAIB) run on a pay-per-course model. You pay for the courses you take. Each completed course counts toward your degree. If you need to step back — a job change, a family situation, a rough few months — you pause enrollment and come back when you're ready. No progress lost. No penalty. No semester you're contractually obligated to fund while your circumstances are in chaos.

That structure isn't a minor convenience. For a working adult, it's the difference between a degree that's actually achievable and one that collapses the moment real life intervenes. There's no semester lock-in forcing you to pay during a career transition. There's no all-or-nothing commitment to an academic year you can't predict. You move at your own pace, and your completed work stays on the books.

The BSAIB: For Professionals Working at the AI-Business Intersection

The BSAIB is worth naming specifically. It's designed for people who want to work where AI meets business decision-making — not to become engineers, but to understand and apply AI in practical, professional contexts. If you're in operations, finance, marketing, or management and you're watching AI reshape your field, this is a degree built around that reality.

Both programs carry DEAC accreditation, granted by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission, a recognized accreditor in the U.S. higher education system.

What Alumni Outcomes Actually Show

The outcomes data gives the model credibility. According to the Nexford Alumni Report, 73% of alumni were promoted within 18 months of graduating, and 54% moved into management or leadership roles in the same timeframe. One in three saw a salary increase of 50% or more.

Those aren't outcomes limited to one geography or industry. Nexford alumni work at Microsoft, DHL, TD Bank, Citibank, and Cambridge University Hospitals — a mix of sectors that reflects what a globally portable, employer-recognized credential actually looks like in practice.

The pay-per-course model is what makes that outcome realistic for someone balancing a full-time job and a degree at the same time. The structure doesn't ask you to bet everything on a single semester. It asks you to take the next course.