online degree completion programs that allow you to transfer in up to 90 credits. Online Degree Completion - Programs of Study | Briar Cliff University
Yeah, I know, the cost. But one of the things we've learned is that there will be people who, for whatever reason, sign up for these relatively expensive programs.
Maybe it's a vehicle for people who dropped out of ultra-expensive schools - as you said, "for whatever reason," with ~90 credits and don't mind this cost structure ($12,600+) for a 30-unit degree-completion program. Not a way I'd want to go -- but I'm in Canada. Never went to ultra-expensive schools, here. J.
I was reading a book (non-fiction) where the individual featured advised a friend, a nurse, not to pursue an MSN at NYU but to instead get an MSN from Columbia. The reasoning being "the Ivy League achool will cost more but having Columbia on your resume will pay off 10 times more than having NYU on there." I winced. I've hired nurses. You don't pay the ones with Ivy League degrees more. As you ascend the ranks to become a Director of Nursing, a Nursing Home Administrator or even a C level executive, yeah, maybe having the Ivy bling might matter a bit. But NYU is likely to impress just as well. Some people have some weird notions floating in their heads built upon erroneous conventional wisdom. In high school I had a guidance counselor assure me that a degree from Wilkes University was more valuable in the marketplace than a degree from Penn State because private colleges were more prestigious. All of them, apparently. At the time, I believe Wilkes cost about four times as much as PSU and has about 1/50th of the name recognition outside of the region. The Internet has broken down many barriers to competition in DL and other areas. No longer does a local grocery store only have to fear that I go to the nearby Wal-Mart. Now they have to worry that I buy all of my food on Amazon and have it shipped directly to my house. And yet, with all of the information at my fingertips people still overpay. So it only doesn't make sense when you approach it as a fully informed consumer making a decision in your own best interest. But people are often not fully informed and tend to make decisions based on emotional responses which may run contrary to their best Interests.
While it may not apply in this case, there's a lot of research that indicates that a certain percentage of people make "legacy choices" when it comes to college enrollment. Either a parent went to the same school or sometimes a sib. In this way it becomes a kind of bond within the family.
I'm down with that, then. Families need all the bonds they can get, these days. If it works for them, great. Most times, you need to make economically rational choices, but life cannot be all about that. J.
