Well.. after perusing some of the discussions here, it looks like I'm not alone. Here's a little background on me: Started a BA programme at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, however, got caught up in the technology boom and after 3 1/2 years and some disagreements with my parents decided not to go back to UNL to complete my bachelor's degree. Recently, I enrolled in a b&m private college here near where I live. At the end of February (end of the 8 week session at school) I will have 66 semester hours to my name. All of which fulfill the majority of General Education requirements for degree completion programmes. I have done extensive research into schools with degrees in Computer Networking, but have enough CS courses (discrete math, data structures etc..) to gain a good foundation, yet, enough networking classes. I have decided upon Regis University due to their curriculum, but the only thing that is prohibitive is the cost. To complete the last 60+ hours of my bachelor's will cost approximately $20,000.00 I don't want to be saddled with 20k in student loans, but the ROI would be worth it, considering if I gain 10k-15k in salary when I graduate. You can't even get those kind of returns in the stock market. There is no doubt that it is expensive $340/hour is quite steep, but would be worth it. Right? Anyone in this situation? Any good alternatives for a decent curriculum, but cheaper tuition?
