Online degrees at NC's public 4-year universities

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by cookderosa, Dec 16, 2018.

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  1. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

    Our state has 17 public 4-year universities, and they've created this really great search tool to see who is offering degrees/certs and the costs. Hopefully it will help someone! https://online.northcarolina.edu/
     
  2. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    I think this is a great tool. I've seen a few public university system specific search tools but not one that captures the entire state. Are all 17 public universities under one system or various systems?

    Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    *Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
    http://www.pauniversitiesonline.edu/Pages/default.aspx?mode=1

    Commonwealth of Massachusetts
    *University of Massachusetts System
    http://www.umassonline.net

    State of New York
    *State University of New York System
    https://navigator.suny.edu/degrees
     
  3. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    As a total higher ed system, North Carolina's online offerings might be the best in the country.
     
  4. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

    not in 1 system. However, there are many state laws and policies that apply to all. For example, it is a law in our state that finishing an AA or AS at one of our community colleges will fulfill the entire 60 credit (100-200 level) gen eds of a degree, and you'll start as a junior. We also separately have a list of "guaranteed transfer courses" for those who don't complete a full degree but want to transfer.

    As a state, I'm loving our educational opportunities here. Beyond all of this, a handful of our community colleges allow 9th and 10th graders to enroll in voc-tec courses for college credit for free, and once in 11th grade, you can enroll in transfer and voc-tec courses for free. It is not uncommon for teens here to earn an AA or AS in high school.
     
  5. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    That's awesome. I've come across a few programs in NC that piqued my interest but NC is harsh towards out-of-state students when it comes to their tuition rate... lol I've seen some of the best in-state tuition among NC schools. That's impressive!
     
  6. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

    I swear I didn't mean to turn this thread into evangelizing - but it's worth pointing out that academic year (Aug 2018-May 2019) our state launched the NC Promise Program at 3 schools - as a result, our out of state at those schools had a HUGE drop in tuition. Might want to check again- the 3 schools you'll see the new low tuition are: Elizabeth City State, Western Carolina, and UNC-P (all are searchable at the link above)
     
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  7. ed209uardo

    ed209uardo New Member

    Adding my for my state, the University System of Georgia:
    https://www.georgiaonmyline.org/
     
  8. wmcdonald

    wmcdonald Member

    All 17 are a part of the University of North Carolina system. Only 16 offer degrees, however. Science and Math is a very select high school.
     
  9. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    As ed has pointed out, there are a number of other state university systems doing great work in the area of distance learning. I remember being pleasantly surprise at learning that Alaska has a nice set of DL offerings through their state university system. Massachusetts also has quite a few offerings across a set of maybe 10 universities. Quite often people do not have to go far from home to access a good program. One of the better MBA programs (UMass - Amherst) can be taken as either a fully online program or as a hybrid and in whatever proportion you like. It became a local favorite, especially with people who were concerned about stigma issues.
     

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