What is a “cohort”?
A cohort is a group of individuals that move through a program together. There will be approximately 20 individuals in each cohort. You will be taking classes with these same individuals for the duration of your degree program. This allows you to build a strong network of support that will help you not only in your coursework, but in your professional career as well.
In the daytime program, the entering class is divided into two sets of students called cohorts. These two sets of students go through the entire program with their cohort. The cohort assignment is random. Students do not need to register for classes as the cohort is placed in the appropriate classes each semester.
A cohort is a group of students, usually about 20 for our Phoenix program, that is admitted at the same time and goes through all classes together as a group. Students report that they experience a great deal of support and camaraderie via the cohort structure, particularly since most live in different parts of the valley and commute some distance for classes. The down side is that this type of format does not allow for as much flexibility for individual students to alter their class sequence as programs that do not operate on the cohort system.
