The Early Entry Program (Dual Enrollment) is a partnership between Peru State College and participating school districts in southeast Nebraska and neighboring states. The primary goal of the program is to offer qualified high school junior and senior students opportunities to rise to the challenge of college courses normally taken during the freshman year of college. The Program also offers a way of more effectively utilizing the junior/senior year by preparing students for the work they will receive in college.

The college courses are taught in the high schools by high school teachers who have met the requirements for adjunct instructors of the college’s academic departments. These courses are a part of the high school teachers’ regular teaching load. Support and supervision is provided by the college faculty.

Courses typically offered for college credit are: English Composition, Literature, Psychology, Sociology, American History, World History, American Government, Algebra, Calculus, General Biology, Chemistry, General Physics, Economics, Accounting I, and Information System Concepts & Applications.

Advantages of Dual Enrollment

• Allow qualified students to earn college credit and high school credit at the same time.

• Accelerates a student's college career and provides a quality educational experience in familiar surroundings.

• Provides selected course offerings in general education courses widely accepted and generally transferable for upper division enrollment.

• Allows a student to carry a lighter class load during the first semester at college.

• Peru has the lowest tuition rate of any 4-year college or university in the state of Nebraska.