Least Expensive Distance Coursework?
Snail Lover
what schools offer the "best deal," on price on correspondence
coursework. So far, I see UT-Austin charges about $80 per credit hour
and Arizona charges $115. I'm mostly interested in business and
intermediately advanced mathematics. Any suggestions (lower than
$80)?
KE Hirst, About.com Guide
I believe that Louisiana State University tuition is about $60 per
semester hour -- most courses are three semester hours. LSU -- like
most other schools -- also has a processing or registration fee, and
students buy textbooks separately.
LSU's college credit courses are listed at
http://www.is.lsu.edu/college/visitors/courses/
--
Kristin Evenson Hirst
About.com Guide to Distance Learning
http://distancelearn.about.com
e-mail:distancel...@about.com
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Before you buy.
Tom Head
> I am interested in just taking a few classes, and am looking to see what
> schools offer the "best deal," on price on correspondence coursework. So
> far, I see UT-Austin charges about $80 per credit hour and Arizona charges
> $115. I'm mostly interested in business and intermediately advanced
> mathematics. Any suggestions (lower than $80)?
a. Community colleges in your state which offer distance learning courses.
b. The University of Mississippi (http://www.olemiss.edu) charges,
if memory serves, about $76 per credit hour.
Good luck!
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> I am interested in just taking a few classes, and am looking to see
> what schools offer the "best deal," on price on correspondence
> coursework. So far, I see UT-Austin charges about $80 per credit hour
> and Arizona charges $115. I'm mostly interested in business and
> intermediately advanced mathematics. Any suggestions (lower than
> $80)?
Check out Chemeketa Community College. Last I checked, about $36 per credit
hour. I think their URL is www.chemeketa.edu ... they should have a
selection of business and mathematics courses.
John Bear
> I am interested in just taking a few classes, and am looking to see
> what schools offer the "best deal," on price on correspondence
> coursework. So far, I see UT-Austin charges about $80 per credit hour
> and Arizona charges $115. I'm mostly interested in business and
> intermediately advanced mathematics. Any suggestions (lower than
> $80)?
Yeah. Find someone to set up a FileMaker data base, go through Peterson's
Independent Study Catalog, and enter each listed school's cost per
semester unit, and sort them by cost, and see what happens.
Oh, OK, I'll do it.
Caveats: done very quickly; converting quarter-units to semester units and
Canadian dollars to US in my head; ignoring sometimes much lower costs for
in-state students (e.g., U of Florida: $64 vs. $262), and bearing in mind
that graduate units sometimes cost more. Also, Peterson's doesn't include
junior or community colleges, which may be less; wonder if there is a
comparable compendium? Anyway, it's a start.
John Bear
Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees Nontraditionally
Dollars School
per semester
unit
$40 Cal State Sacramento
47 Savannah State U
50 Texas A & M
50 U S Department of Agriculture (National Independent Study Center)
52 Sam Houston State
53 Texas Tech
55 Utah Valley State C
57 Southwest Texas State U
60 Louisiana State
60 Mississippi State U
60 U of Arkansas
61 Auburn
65 Life Bible C
65 U of Southern Mississippi
65 U of Texas
67 U of Idaho
70 Adams State
70 Oklahoma State U
70 U of Alabama
70 U of Central Arkansas
70 U of Nevada
70 U of Oklahoma
72 Northwood U
72 Virginia Polytechnic Institute
75 Emporia State
75 Taylor U
75 U of Mississippi
75 U of Southern Colorado
76 Middle Tennessee State
76 U of Saskatchewan
77 U of Washington
79 Murray State U
79 Northern Stte U
79 U of South Dakota
80 Southern Illinois U
80 U of Colorado
80 U of Illinois
80 U of Iowa
80 U of North Carolina
80 U of Northern Colorado
80 U of Northern Iowa
81 Brigham Young
81 U of Wyoming
82 Washington State U
84 U of Tennessee
85 Eastern Michigan U
85 U of North Dakota
85 U of Utah
86 Eastern Kentucky U
87 Charter Oak State College
87 U of New Brunswick
88 Kansas State U
88 U of Kansas
89 U of Nebraska
90 Indiana U
90 Ohio U
90 U of Manitoba
92 Arizona State
92 Portland State U
94 Colorado State U
94 Thomas Edison State C
95 Minot State U
96 U of Windsor
96 U of Wisconsin Superior
97 Governors State U
99 University System of Georgia
100 Eastern Washington U
100 U of Kentucky
100 U of New Mexico
106Bethany College Ball State220
107 Eastern Oregon U
110 Moody Bible
110 Northwestern College
110 U of Wisconsin Extension
113 Empire State C
115 Indiana State U
115 Penn State U
116 Chaldron State College
120 Oregon State U
125 Johnson Bible College
125 Northern Michigan U
125 U of Missouri
130 Embry-Riddle
133 Skidmore C
133 U of Minnesota
135 Cal State Dominguez Hills
135 U of California
140 Central Michigan
144 Millersville U
145 Upper Iowa U
150 College of West Virginia
150 Columbia Union
150 Griggs U
150 San Jose State U
150 Southern Assemblies of God U
150 U of South Carolina
160 Athabasca
160 Memorial U of Newfoundland
167 Creighton U
175 Salve Regina
180 St. Josephs College
209 U of Maryland
217 Stephens C
239 Texas Wesleyan
240 Delaware Valley C
240 Southern Utah U
240 U of Charleston
245 U of Michigan
250 Regis U
251 Marywood U
252 St. Mary of the Woods
260 David Myers College
262 U of Florida
275 McGill U
277 Caldwell College
290 Roger Williams U
300 U. S. Sports Academy
315 U of Memphis
320 Syracuse U
362 Roosevelt U
--
John Bear, co-author, Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees
Non-Traditionally
Lawrie Miller
invoice? White please.
John Bear
> Mmm, any chance you could find me a Lexus LS400 at 3% under dealer
> invoice? White please.
No problemo. But the only ones we have in stock have factory-installed
Ralph Lauren-designed airbags, which add $7,500 (each) to the price.
Tom Head
> > Mmm, any chance you could find me a Lexus LS400 at 3% under dealer
> > invoice? White please.
>
> No problemo. But the only ones we have in stock have factory-installed
> Ralph Lauren-designed airbags, which add $7,500 (each) to the price.
I take it these were implemented to replace the roughly 500 Gucci-inspired
airbags, which were recalled because of the wide slit down the middle.
Snail Lover
>Caveats: done very quickly; converting quarter-units to semester units and
>Canadian dollars to US in my head; ignoring sometimes much lower costs for
>in-state students (e.g., U of Florida: $64 vs. $262), and bearing in mind
>that graduate units sometimes cost more. Also, Peterson's doesn't include
>junior or community colleges, which may be less; wonder if there is a
>comparable compendium? Anyway, it's a start.
Wow, thanks very much for the info. It does seem a little odd that
Florida would give an in-state discount even on _correspondence_
courses, and I take it Florida residents could pay in-state even if
they aren't physically in the state (not that I'm from Florida
myself). This extension in/out -state price distinction would I hope
be the exception, not rule.
SL
Snail Lover
>320 Syracuse U
>362 Roosevelt U
Oh and I hope price isn't correlated much with quality, as far as
extension learning is concerned. Anyone who's actually tried these
programs have any insight? Does Roosevelt U. really offer bang for
the added buck?
Jack...@aol.com
jo...@ursa.net says...
>
> Caveats: done very quickly; converting quarter-units to semester units and
> Canadian dollars to US in my head; ignoring sometimes much lower costs for
> in-state students (e.g., U of Florida: $64 vs. $262), and bearing in mind
> that graduate units sometimes cost more. Also, Peterson's doesn't include
> junior or community colleges, which may be less; wonder if there is a
> comparable compendium? Anyway, it's a start.
>
> Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees Nontraditionally
I believe that California community colleges charge $11/semester
hour to residents of the state. I doubt that there is a lower
rate in any other state.
John Bear
> I believe that California community colleges charge $11/semester
> hour to residents of the state. I doubt that there is a lower
> rate in any other state.
Yup. My daughter Susannah did her entire AA in California, and a good one
it was (in culinary arts) for a total tuition of $200.
And if anyone is ever looking for a really unusual lunch in the San
Francisco area, the Contra Costa Community College in San Pablo still does
a terrific job (most days) in the dining room in the Culinary Arts
department. Open to the public Tuesday to Friday, when school is in
session.
John Bear
Lover) wrote:
> This extension in/out -state price distinction would I hope
> be the exception, not rule.
As a very rough estimate, about ten percent of the 140-or-so schools with
distance courses had a two (in state, out of state) or three tier (in,
out, foreign) price structure. It seems especially odd since postage from
North Miami to South Miami is the same as North Miami to Juneau -- and
since states should welcome all this new out-of-state money coming in. I
suspect most cases are old rules that haven't been revisited in the DL
era.
tradezzz
I recently had to take a 4-unit course at a California community college and
paid $45 tuition for ONE course. The books were an additional $115.00.
With an AA requiring a minimum of 60 units (I believe), how do you do it
with just $200 total tuition?
Larry McQueary
Could you please quote some context when you post? It's really difficult to tell
what you're responding to, otherwise.
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
tradezzz <trad...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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tradezzz
previously particularly active in that arena. However, it is my
understanding that a reply message addresses the one immediately preceding
it, normally shown by an indentation of the message's title. Therefore, my
post referred to the one immediately above, which was Dr. Bear's.
In future, I will try to remember to leave a snippet of the preceding
message. I don't usually do that, even when emailing because it takes up
unnecessary system space.
Au revoir, adios, 'til next time...
Thomas Nixon
colleges were $50 a semester up to 18 units. They eventually went to $60 and
ultimately began charging per unit.
Tom
Larry McQueary
Thanks for the reply. Comments follow:
tradezzz <trad...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I am not too familiar with Internet discussion procedures, not having been
> previously particularly active in that arena. However, it is my
> understanding that a reply message addresses the one immediately preceding
> it, normally shown by an indentation of the message's title. Therefore, my
> post referred to the one immediately above, which was Dr. Bear's.
This is true in some number of newsreaders, such as Outlook Express (which both
you and I use), but is not universally true for all newsreaders. Further, such
indentation becomes meaningless for those who choose to use "Hide Read Messages"
(see View->Current View->Hide Read Messages). If I have already read all the
messages in a thread, and you later post, I see only your message, and none of
the others in the thread. It is a very common way of doing things.
> In future, I will try to remember to leave a snippet of the preceding
> message. I don't usually do that, even when emailing because it takes up
> unnecessary system space.
Just chop away everything except the sentences or fragments to which you are
responding, and everything'll be fine. As for unnecessary system space, don't
worry yourself. This is a common practice, and unless you are quoting the Bible
in its entirety, you actually use only a very tiny amount of space.
> Au revoir, adios, 'til next time...
Bienvenito and Ciao.
Larry
John Bear
<trad...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wow! How did she manage THAT?!
>
> I recently had to take a 4-unit course at a California community college and
> paid $45 tuition for ONE course. The books were an additional $115.00.
> With an AA requiring a minimum of 60 units (I believe), how do you do it
> with just $200 total tuition?
At the time she did it, tuition ws a flat $50 a year -- at least for her
full-time program. She was 15 1/2 when she started, and just past 17 when
she got her AA. For her final exam in ice carving, eschewing swans and
lillies, she did a giant head of satan. And got an A.
--
John Bear, co-author, Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees
Non-Traditionally
Aaron Rivacoba Bohorquez
>
> In article <3861f18e...@news.flash.net>, s...@foodmail.com (Snail
> Lover) wrote:
>
> Yeah. Find someone to set up a FileMaker data base, go through Peterson's
> Independent Study Catalog, and enter each listed school's cost per
> semester unit, and sort them by cost, and see what happens.
One word: Wow!. I find this list very usable, thanks for the effort,
Dr. Bear. I Would like to point that Texas Tech now is charging $60 per
credit hour.
Best regards and merry christmas.
Aaron
Lawrie Miller
John Bear wrote:
> For her final exam in ice carving, eschewing swans and
> lillies, she did a giant head of satan. And got an A.
The devil is in the detail, perhaps?
Richard Kanarek
What a cruel man you are! After publishing a distance learning guide for
twenty years only now -- after its (temporary?) demise -- do you produce
an index of schools by price! Still, it seems likely to be of great use;
thanks just the same!
Cordially,
Richard Kanarek
Notes:
1. Oklahoma University raised its price to $79 per credit.
2. I've never taken a course through OU but I have visited there
continuning education / testing center (or whatever it is called) & they
certainly seem nice enough.
3. I have taken one course through LSU: Although it hurts me to say
anything nice about a college, I may have to as I can't think of
anything bad to say. Good textbook, useful lesson book, sharp teacher,
reasonable price; I doubt Polytech University -- a school I have never
used -- is any better though they charge ten times as much.
John Bear wrote:
[Edited; Repeated because of its extreme usefullness]
> Caveats: done very quickly; converting quarter-units to semester units and
> Canadian dollars to US in my head; ignoring sometimes much lower costs for
> in-state students (e.g., U of Florida: $64 vs. $262), and bearing in mind
> that graduate units sometimes cost more. Also, Peterson's doesn't include
> junior or community colleges, which may be less; wonder if there is a
> comparable compendium? Anyway, it's a start.
>
> John Bear
> 315 U of Memphis
> 320 Syracuse U
> 362 Roosevelt U
>
Larry McQueary
latest edition of Peterson's Independent Study Catalog (7th ed) is nearly two
years old at this point. No doubt most prices have increased at least a little.
Larry
Richard Kanarek <rkan...@sprintmail.com> wrote in message
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Thomas Nixon
John Bear wrote:
> In article <840hmj$to7$1...@nntp8.atl.mindspring.net>, "tradezzz"
> <trad...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Wow! How did she manage THAT?!
> >
> > I recently had to take a 4-unit course at a California community college and
> > paid $45 tuition for ONE course. The books were an additional $115.00.
> > With an AA requiring a minimum of 60 units (I believe), how do you do it
> > with just $200 total tuition?
>
> At the time she did it, tuition ws a flat $50 a year -- at least for her
> full-time program. She was 15 1/2 when she started, and just past 17 when
> she got her AA. For her final exam in ice carving, eschewing swans and
> lillies, she did a giant head of satan. And got an A.
So has she done anything with her training?
Tom
tradezzz
back then, but I didn't recall it being that inexpensive. I guess those
were the good 'ol days. The CCs sure have hiked their fees since then, and
the cost of the books really has skyrocketed.
JMcAulay
Larry McQueary posted, among a lot of other stuff:
>"...the Bible in its entirety...."
There. I've done it. Right here on usenet, I quoted --
well, you know....
Regards,
John
who just can't resist certain varieties of idiocy
John Bear
> At the time she did it, tuition ws a flat $50 a year -- at least for her
> full-time program. She was 15 1/2 when she started, and just past 17 when
> she got her AA. For her final exam in ice carving, eschewing swans and
> lillies, she did a giant head of satan. And got an A.
Tom Nixon asks:
> So has she done anything with her training?
John replies:
Um, not in the satan-head game. She did a year specializing in desserts at
the Baltimore International Culinary Arts Academy, then 5 years working in
good restaurants (Omni in Baltimore, Max's in San Francisco), gradually
discovering she liked the business end of restaurants more than the
cooking end. Went to SF State and completed her Bachelor's in business
(3.98 GPA). Worked 3 or 4 years as a bookkeeper and small office manager,
and is now in the mommy business (Nicolai 1997, Sophie Angelina last
month).
LAW DAVID
;-)
Dave Law
Larry McQueary
You must have a very slow internet connection :-)
Larry
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> I am interested in just taking a few classes, and am looking to see
> what schools offer the "best deal," on price on correspondence
> coursework. So far, I see UT-Austin charges about $80 per credit hour
> and Arizona charges $115. I'm mostly interested in business and
> intermediately advanced mathematics. Any suggestions (lower than
> $80)?