52 Year Old seeks Masters - quickly and cheaply

The local community college head football coach and former basketball coach have masters in sports management from USSA. I imagine that would be a good program given the career goal. On the other hand the head softball coach didn't have a college degree at all.

Also, Emporia State has a pretty cheap program which might answer. I don't know this is quick however.

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Apparently Trent Tucker was precluded from going for the basketball head coaching job at the University of MN because he lacked a bachelor's degree. I guess he got one so now he's qualified to coach basketball. The word is also that Mike Tice couldn't be considered for the U of MN head football coaching job because he lacks a bachelor's degree.

 

Good idea and thanks. However, it's only $180/credit if you live in-state! (which I don't)

 

ENMU Online Degrees

from their webpage:
Affordable

Pay in-state tuition if you take six or fewer hours.

• $162.50 per credit hour for undergraduates
• $180.50 per credit hour for graduates

More than six hours requires out-of-state tuition for nonresidents.

 

Is that 6 per semester or 6 period?

 

Despite your judgment, I agree with the poster. I have enough experience to consistently train people with Masters degrees and I get paid more than they do. It is only the egregious "academic" machine and arrogant outdated mindset of Human Resource generalists and disgruntled academics that places more importance in a piece of paper; an extremely overpriced and institutionally bloated piece of paper, over skill, professionalism and proven experience.

Unless one is looking for a specific career path, fast, cheap and easy makes good sense to me.

 

Appreciate the feedback everyone, but still trying to find a cheap Masters online that I can complete in a reasonable amount of time. Let me know if you come up with anything for me.

Thank you.

OG

 

I haven't gone back to re-read this thread so forgive me if you've already stated this. When you ask for "cheap" what does that mean in terms of cost per credit or total cost. When you ask for "easy" what does that mean? Fast? Unproctored exams? All essay? Help me to help you.

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Haha! I just noticed this (5 months later). The nut kick rocks! LOL

 

Apologies Kizmet,

I guess "cheap" means both in terms of money and time (and effort?). Like I said, I am 52 years old, and I want to get a quick, easy Masters that I can put up on the wall and show an AD when I am interviewed for a Head Coaching job. Seems that is what they want to see. It's a trend to give them an 'out' in an interview and I want to CMA!

Appreciate your help.

OG

 

I think you got some good advice with ENMU, although it doesn't exactly fit your qualification for being fast if you only take six credit hours at a time.

You could opt for a Masters of Liberal Studies somewhere. They aren't exactly difficult, and some can be done quickly. I'm not sure how fast this one can be done, but Ft. Hays State University has a MLS in Health and Human Performance, and with its special "virtual course tuition" can be completed for about $9,200.

 

Here is another option. If the school and degree do not matter, you can enroll in Ashworth University's online Master of Science in Management. You can work through it as quickly as you want, the whole program is about $9,500 and the school has a monthly payment program of $150 per month. Since you have business experience, you should be able to breeze through a MS in Management. You won't do much better than monthly payments of $150.

This is assuming your job will accept a masters from a nationally accredited school, but you did say ANY degree from ANY school.

 

Yes, but he also specified an "easy" degree. I can tell you from experience AJU is rigorous, and I hear Aspen's MBA is no walk in the park, either.

 

At $150/month, it would take this gentleman 5 years and 3 months to pay off this degree. Of course, Ashworth is not going to hand over his degree until it has been paid in full.

 

True, but once he finishes he could always make larger payments or pay off the balance at any time. He can just make the $150 payments while he is actually working on the degree. Paying $150 a month is better than taking out a student loan. Unlike a student loan, Ashworth doesn't charge interest.

 

Yeah, this payment structure worked out well for me while I was going to CCU. I paid a hundred a month, then made bigger payments so I could pay it off quickly and with no interest. I had the B.S. program paid off before I finished.

If I recall correctly, this gent is a coach at a school or University. Not a good time to get in huge debt should there be lay offs. Even folks with seniority in government/education are at risk right now. So, I agree, the payment system is good.

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How long are the classes at ENMU? I went to the site and I don't see anything on course length. I am applying for the Masters in Professional Technical Education. Are they normal semesters like a million weeks long? I sent out an email to the admissions folks but got nothing back yet.

The cost for military tuition just can't be beat, The admission folks told (email) me their tuition is sooooo low that they do not qualify for the Military Yellow Ribbon program, so I will use my POST 9/11 GI Bill to pay.

Thanks!