Cheapest BA or BS

Not counting the Big Three (TESC, Excelsior and COS), which college has the cheapest BA degree?

 

Try Peru State College.

RA and $130 per credit hour.

 

Dakota State University

RA and $190.70 per credit hour.

 

It depends on how you earn it. Western Governors University offers undergraduate degrees which can be earned through competency-based exams. They charge by six-month terms, not per credit hour. Each 6 month term is $2,790. If you bang everything out in six months, that works out to $23.25 per credit hour for the standard 120-credit BA. If it takes you a year, it's still only $56.50 per credit hour.

WGU accepts most credits from NA accredited schools, so if you have an associates degree from a school like Ashworth or Penn Foster College, you could transfer to WGU for your BA and finish up the other half of the undergraduate degree. The $65 application fee is waived for student transfering from certain schools listed on WGU's web site. WGU is RA.

www.wgu.edu

 

Wgu

"If you bang everything out in six months, that works out to $23.25 per credit hour for the standard 120-credit BA."

Thats assuming these are on-campus programs right? And does this mean one could realistically finish his Bachelor's in 6 months with WGU?

Okay now I get it. These are campus based tests... Bad luck to me. I am sure visa would be denied as earlier.

 

if you join the military college is FREE!

 

hahahha...been there and done that..

 

Fort Hays $136.50

 

or incredibly costly; highest possible cost.

 

Ummm...no. WGU has no campus. In fact, they don't even offer their own classes. To my knowledge, everything is done online. You do have to pay for textbooks. Those are not included in tuition.

 

I would think UNISA would be worth looking at.

It's DETC and foreign - as well as reputable and inexpensive.

Greg

 

Sorry, forgot the math.

A bit over $10/credit hour...

http://www.iaci-canada.com/student_fees_for_year_2007.htm

Greg

 

Slight off topic...

Steve, I totally understand your DETC stance...and I would be inclined to agree with you. However, the practical matter (translation: dollars and cents) is that if I wanted to go to UNISA right now, and they were not DETC - my tuition reimbursement would not pay for it.

In that sense, I can understand why Unisa may want to open up their market with DETC. It may not be perfect (and some may argue beneath them) - but the dollars are definately there (IMO).

Greg

 

At $94.00 an hour for both in-state and out-of-state students, the University of Wyoming's Outreach School is an excellent bargain, mostly thanks to the state's windfall from oil and gas revenues. I'm an alumnus, so of course I'm somewhat biased, but I recommend the school enthusiastically. Like a lot of schools, UW hides some costs in student fees. There is a $40.00 per credit hour fee for online classes, and an $11.00 per hour fee for correspondence courses, which are the two types of Outreach courses most out-of-state folks would be interested in. My only complaint about UW used to be that the number of programs that could be completed entirely online or through distance was somewhat meager. Recently, the Outreach School at UW has greatly expanded their course and degree offerings, but the easiest program to complete is still the online Bachelors of Science in Business Administration that I completed in 2004, because the necessary courses are regularly available. Good luck with your degree search!

 

Rochville University charges $99 per hour. I think is it worth to take a look at that one. Rochville University

 

I think the idea of DETC had to do with, at one time, foreign universities with American accreditation could participate in American financial aid programs. Not sure whether said situation still applies, thanks to some new law.

 

For starters, your link is broken. Is Rochville a real university? I'd be a bit suspicious. Even if it was, there's a definite problem with the name.

 

Rochville university

It looks like they are accredited by accreditation mills and are not regionally or nationally accredited. So ceveat emptor (If thats the right spelling)

 

From the Roachville Univ website:

Neither of the mentioned 'recognized accreditation instititutions' are recognized by CHEA.

For just $31 per hour more, a person can get an RA degree from Peru State College. Why would anyone spend their money at Roachville (other than to get a degree quick with no real work)?