Tennessee Tech: Most Restrictive Credit Policies Ever?

So, I've been trying to put together degree plans for several different schools as an interesting thought exercise (check out my "cheapest degree challenge" thread for details), and I started working on a degree plan for Tennessee Tech University. The school's tuition and fees are on the high end of the scale for online state-supported schools (about $800 for a 3 credit course), but what really got my attention was four requirements in their credit policy:

1. TTU limits credit-by-examination in all forms to 33 credit hours.
2. Of the 120 credit hours required for a degree, at least 60 credit hours must be taken through 4-year schools.
3. 25% of the degree must be completed through TTU.
4. At least 24 credit hours at or above the junior level (courses numbered 3000 and above) must be completed at TTU.

Combined with a distance education site that didn't seem to offer enough courses to actually complete the degree program I was working on, I found myself a little underwhelmed with Tennessee Tech. The total cost for the degree program would have most likely been just a shade under $20K. Once you reach $5K/year, you start to be able to afford out of state tuition at a lot of schools, especially if you mix in a healthy dose of testing and community college transfer. Any other schools that look attractive at first glance, but whose restrictive credit policies scream "Try somewhere else, chump!" to would-be distance education students?

 

Items 1 through 4 appear reasonable to me.
Other universities have similar requirements. CSUDH has tougher requirements for a bachelors degree since students are required to include specific courses, a 36 unit residence, english writing tests, and more.