Best choices for a educational administration degree for someone who can't get student loans?

I cannot get student loans and I have little money that goes to living expenses. Any good places to get an educational administration or instructional design degree? I could ride on scholarships, maybe. I realise that I do have an interest in these fields after a misunderstanding on a different thread.

 

Bachelor's degree. I only have a few ministry certificates so far.

 

I have been working on this Walden master's:

https://www.waldenu.edu/online-masters-programs/ms-in-early-childhood-studies/curriculum/administration-management-and-leadership

It is an MS in Early Childhood Studies with a specialization in Administration, Management and Leadership.

This is a competency-based program that costs $1750 per three-month term. They are currently offering the first term free. I think that a dedicated student could get it done in two terms. That would be $1750.

Obviously, you would need a bachelor's degree before, but that is not that difficult with the Big Three. Maybe you could get away with a BRS from Nations University. I seem to have read here that Walden might accept a nationally-accredited bachelor's.

 

https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Colleges/Education/Schools,-departments-&-centres

 

Are you eligible for Perkins grants?

 

Not knowing what a Perkins Grant was, I looked it up. Looks like it's voc-tech only? https://www.nctc.edu/_documents/grant-office/allowable-and-unallowable-uses-of-perkins-funds.pdf

Pell Grant for a bachelor's would work if the income is low enough
Scholarships - apply weekly
Employer- based tuition reimbursement - get a job at one of the hundreds of companies that will do this for you.
Credit by exam all your 100/200 level

That's just a start, but that gets you most of the way.