Penn Foster's mission is to enhance the lives of our students and clients through the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and credentials that can help them work toward their goals of advancing in their chosen field, starting a new career, or pursuing lifelong learning.

Private schoolPenn Foster / School type Penn Foster High School is a private school and funded through tuition paid by the students, unlike public schools that are funded from taxes paid by residents of that community.

Bain Capital purchased the Penn Foster schools in 2018.

Yes! Besides being founded in 1890 and earning a respected reputation, Penn Foster's three schools - high school, college, and career - all have accreditation and are evaluated regularly to ensure courses meet the standards of each board.

Penn Foster offers an expansive portfolio of online training programs for in-demand occupations in the automotive, construction, healthcare, manufacturing, utilities and energy and veterinary industries.

Is Penn Foster High School worth it? Yes! Earning your high school diploma is always worth it. Besides having the opportunity to qualify for more jobs as a high school graduate, you'll also be able to further your education if that's your goal.

Penn Foster College is nationally accredited, and our college graduates have been able to gain employment and transfer credits to other colleges and universities upon completion of our degree programs.

Since Penn Foster does not have a brick and mortar campus that students need to attend, we are able to save money on operation costs and pass those savings on to our students.

On average, learners can complete their program in as few as 15 months. Faster learners, or those with more time to dedicate to their coursework, can finish in as little as 6 months. If you don't have lots of time to dedicate to your program, that's ok too!

Since Penn Foster does not have a brick and mortar campus that students need to attend, we are able to save money on operation costs and pass those savings on to our students.

Yes! Besides being founded in 1890 and earning a respected reputation, Penn Foster's three schools - high school, college, and career - all have accreditation and are evaluated regularly to ensure courses meet the standards of each board.

After you retake an exam, we honor whatever your highest grade was, so for example, if you took a test and got a 70 then retake it and get a 90, 90 is your final grade for that lesson. If you fail a class, you may have to retake the class over again to graduate.