Is there any school cheaper than $300 per course?

I need to take some undergraduate ENG and HIST courses, for teaching endorsements. I enrolled at NMJC, thinking it was affordable, but after calculating all of the fees, found it is nearly ~$300 per course, so wonder if there is any school that is cheaper.

None of the community colleges in my state are cheaper. I do not want to take CLEPs.

Are there any schools with tuition lower than $300 per course?

 

I don't track costs very closely but I sprinted through some sites recently and after my very non-comprehensive search I concluded that Fort Hays had the cheapest undergrad degree programs. Their tuition rate is currently $186 per credit. That doesn't include any fees. To me, $300 per course seems pretty good. I'm guessing that dropping much lower than that will put you somewhere outside the USA.

 

Ehhhhh, assuming you mean 100 and 200 level only, you can probably price shop other NM community colleges. I think you probably do a "little" better than $100/credit, but not much. CCs are usually the cheapest in your own district or state, so if yours isn't, you'll probably do best in NM.

 

depends on where you are 'in state'.

UF online is only $100/credit hour for residents.

Eastern New Mexico is $200/hour.

Minot State is $250/hour.

But for $300/course, that's as cheap as it gets.

Texas in district residents might get a better deal. Maybe $70/hour ?

:X

 

In which state are you located?

 

My state is Washington. I checked every public community college and the lowest was around $500 per course for in-state tuition. Most of the community colleges in Washington use the quarter system, so $100 per credit is not such a good deal there when each course is 5 credits and many credits are lost when transfering.

 

I could take 100, 200, 300, 400 or graduate courses, but I assume that community colleges with just 100-200-level courses will be the cheapest.

 

The cheapest regionally accredited colleges for out-of-state students tend to be tribal colleges, but their online offerings are almost non-existent. However, I didn't look at many of them. Maybe you can find something if you search all of them. Will your state accept ACE or NCCRS courses on a credit bank transcript? The Big 3 accept Torah College credits that are recommended for credit by NCCRS.

Pricing - Torah College Credits

Then, there are NA schools like Penn Foster.

 

I kind of want to take a course through Torah College Credits just because of how ecstatic the people on the website look. At first I thought they were overselling it. But after a few minutes you feel like you're really missing a party if you don't sign up.

 

May I ask something, and don't take this as me being snarky, but is there some reason you think $100 per credit is expensive? As far as legitimate, accredited COLLEGE credit, that's about as cheap as it gets. Did someone tell you they got a better price somewhere?

There are lots of ways to earn credit for under $100/credit, but all of them require you do something other than enroll in a college class. For instance:
CLEP or DSST exams get your cost per credit under $40
ACE credit earned through Straighterline can get you in around $50 per credit but requires you look for a school that accepts this credit
FEMA and TEEX are completely free $0 but requires you look for a school that accepts this credit
If you're fluent in a foreign language, you can really clean up- something like $10 per credit on the big exams.

Most of this all happens at the 100 and 200 level. Once you leave the comfort of those credits and want more than an AA, you'll have to spend some money.

Once you're ready to transfer into a 4 year school, if you can find $250/credit you're doing AMAZING. (a few schools allow you to use exams for upper level credit, brining the cost back down under $100/credit but those are not classes). Most people pay closer to $350-$450 per credit if they're smart shoppers. Grad school? Yeah, you probably shouldn't look.

 

U of Idaho is cheap at $110/credit. Courses-Independent Study in Idaho-University of Idaho

I don't know of a cheaper place than them or NMJC (Clovis used to run screaming deals, but seem to have stopped doing that). Heck, even Straighterline has been getting more expensive lately.

 

I think you should go for better learning. Don't depend on the course fees.

 

APUS is $250 per credit hour books included

 

Check out Clovis CC; it has several history and english courses on line
http://www.clovis.edu/publications/docs/Schedule_Spring2016.pdf

Tuition is $89 per semester unit plus some fees.