Tennessee Technological University is a public institution of higher education and the state’s only technological university. Tennessee Tech offers a number of online and distance learning program for non-traditional adult students including undergraduate degrees, graduate-level programs, teacher education programs, and non-credit programs. Courses are taught by the same highly-qualified faculty who teach on campus and program options include the areas of professional studies, interdisciplinary studies, business, accountancy, education, and nursing. Tennessee Tech’s online programs are available in nearly all fifty states (prospective students can check the school’s website to determine if a program is eligible in their home state) and online students have access to the same support services as on-campus. Tennessee Tech’s mission is to “provide leadership and outstanding programs in engineering, the sciences, and related areas that benefit the people of Tennessee and the nation.”