schools such as the university of southern california, syracuse university, georgetown university's nursing school, northwestern university, the university of north carolina at chapel hill, and the university of california, berkeley have signed on with 2u to create online graduate degree programs. in march 2015, yale university and 2u announced that they were partnering in order to offer a full-time, online master of medical science degree. such degrees are required in order to become a physician's associate. yale's program has the same admissions requirements, curriculum, and tuition as the on-campus program. degree programs managed by 2u offer exactly the same degree as their offline counterparts. as of 2015, about 12,300 students were enrolled in 2u partner programs.