Welcome to Outlier
We partner with high schools nationwide to offer the best dual enrollment courses on the planet.
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Save money on your college education
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Improve your college applications
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Earn college credit
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Gain the soft skills needed for success
What’s dual enrollment?
Dual enrollment (sometimes called dual credit or concurrent enrollment) is an academic program that gives high school students the opportunity to take college-level courses. Students who pass these courses can fulfill their high school course requirements and earn college credits at the same time.
Why take dual enrollment courses?
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Prepare for college by experiencing college -level coursework
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Explore potential career fields and future college majors
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Save time and money on college by earning college credits in high school
Earn real college credit from a top 50 school
Each Outlier course is worth 3 transferable college credits from the University of Pittsburgh. Outlier students report successful transfer to 800+ colleges and universities across the country—from community colleges to the Ivy League.
The Outlier difference
You deserve the best: Top-rated instructors. Interactive learning. Real college credit. All designed to maximize your success.
Take your first college course with confidence
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Designed for your success
Cinematic lectures. Interactive learning. Multiple quiz attempts. Everything you need to master course content.
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Active student community
Discuss course content with fellow students across the country in online Yellowdig communities.
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Unlimited tutoring
Get 1:1 help in all math and finance courses—whenever and wherever you need it.
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College success
Outlier pass rates are on par with on-campus national averages. And many schools outperform the AP national average!
Learn from the best
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“Maybe this will be an opportunity to get extra excited about the things that we can build together. To share together. To make something more accessible to somebody else in the world.”
Xanda Schofield, Ph.D.
Also teaches at Harvey Mudd College
Computer Science I
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“I became a teacher because at some point I was a student and I had teachers who changed my life. They taught me that ideas matter and that I could find my voice and could make a mark.”
John Kaag, Ph.D.
Also teaches at UMass Lowell
College Writing I, Intro to Philosophy
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“The discomfort of not knowing the answer is temporary. You will get there. I want this math course to give you the opportunity to change your relationship with math.”
Kelsey Houston-Edwards
Also teaches at University of Tübingen
College Algebra, Precalculus
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“I think astronomy can teach us a lot about who we are as people and what our place not only in the larger universe is, but our relation to each other as well."
Michelle Thaller
NASA
Intro to Astronomy
Don’t just take our word for it
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Jacqueline W.
“LOVE LOVE LOVE. I’ve taken a lot of online courses over the years and [this] blows them all away—in design, teachers, production, content, and facilitating learning.”
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Taija P.
“I never thought I'd like an online class this much. I never expected to be so engaged, so thoroughly interested in everything I was learning, and to be excited about doing an online class.”
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Elliot P.
“The staff was amazing! Not only knowledgeable but very friendly and super supportive. I felt the same level of rapport with them as though I was attending physical classes and seeing each of them every day.”
Frequently asked questions
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Talk with your guidance counselor about the Outlier courses available in your school.
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Outlier courses are real college courses. So you should be ready for the academic rigor of college-level coursework. We recommend you:
- Take only 1 Outlier course at a time
- Consider your dedication and other responsibilities before enrolling
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You can expect to spend about 45 minutes a day (5 hours per week). This includes time at school and at home.
Ready to become an Outlier?
Talk with your guidance counselor about the Outlier courses available in your school.
