If money is the sole criteria then I suppose you'd have to look in South Africa for the absolute cheapest Masters degree program. UNISA has over 100 Masters degree programs on offer. Depending on where you live, they run about $1,000. USD per year. Jack
The M.A.R. and M.Div. at Liberty University are $165 per graduate credit hour. They also offer a further discount to military/law enforcement.
masters The University of Strathclyde in the UK Glasgow, Scotland) run a distance M.Litt I believe it is less than $5000 US http://www.strath.ac.uk/english/pg-info/cultural_studies.htm Roy Maybery
If NA will suit your needs, you can get an MBA from Ashworth College for about $5,000. I believe they also offer a Masters in Criminal Justice.
Doesn't it depend on what you wish to study? Australian Catholic Univerisity (ACU) has several masters program in education and religion. Might give them a look - I believe all are still under $5000.
I did the external MA in Humanities from California State University at Dominguez Hills for a total cost of about $4,200. It's gone up since then and is about $5,000 now, I think.
Thanks for the input gang. I am looking at doing an RA PhD in about 5 years down to road. So my masters degree would have to be from an RA school of equivalent.