Online Universities

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Community College of San Francisco. Something like $23 per credit hour.

City College of SF is $46 per credit unit for California residents. It went up Summer 2012 from $32 prior. Non-residents pay $187.00 + $46.00 enrollment fee per unit.
http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/student-s...-and-fees.html

Additional fees:

• Student Health Fee (all students): $17.00 (Summer Semester $14.00) (Mandatory)
  
• NOTE: Students who qualify in the following categories will be exempted from payment of the health fee:
  
• Students who depend exclusively upon prayer for healing in accordance with the teachings of bona fide religious sect, denomination, or organization. (Documentation required.)
• Students who are attending college under an approved apprenticeship training program.
  
• Student Activities Fee: $5 (Optional) (No Student Activities Fee for Summer)
  
• Student Representative Fee: $1.00 (Optional) (No Student Representative Fees for Summer)
  
• Web4 User Fee: One-time $3.00 fee per semester (No charge during ADD/DROP period)

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Even if you take a free class, you still have to pay the extra fees.

[AGDee]

Our community colleges range from 90-140 a credit hour. That's a shocker to someone who paid $45/credit hour for a state university.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Our community colleges range from 90-140 a credit hour. That's a shocker to someone who paid $45/credit hour for a state university.

That's interesting that CC's would charge more than the State U system. I wonder why.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

That's interesting that CC's would charge more than the State U system. I wonder why.

Our State U system starts at about $250/credit hour for the directional colleges. The University of Michigan is $7225 a semester if you take 12-18 credits. So if you take 12, you pay more than $600 a credit hour. If you take 18, only $400.

And they charge more for higher level courses so for 100-299 level courses, it is cheaper than for 300 level courses and cheaper than 400 level courses. They also vary by major. I just grabbed numbers for the college of education for the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan. Software engineering? You pay almost double. Of course, you will make almost double the salary, but still.

My "shocker" statement was about my own tuition from 1983-87. Eastern's tuition increased 555%.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by AGDee

My "shocker" statement was about my own tuition from 1983-87. Eastern's tuition increased 555%.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Our State U system starts at about $250/credit hour for the directional colleges. The University of Michigan is $7225 a semester if you take 12-18 credits. So if you take 12, you pay more than $600 a credit hour. If you take 18, only $400.

And they charge more for higher level courses so for 100-299 level courses, it is cheaper than for 300 level courses and cheaper than 400 level courses. They also vary by major. I just grabbed numbers for the college of education for the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan. Software engineering? You pay almost double. Of course, you will make almost double the salary, but still.

My "shocker" statement was about my own tuition from 1983-87. Eastern's tuition increased 555%.

That whole system sounds really complicated.

[Kevin]

^That's all a shocking bargain... Of course in red states like mine, the legislature has been systematically removing state funding from higher ed.

[NinjaPoodle]

I thought I posted it here but the suit that was filed by my school was won. We are now able to recieve Cal Grants A & B
http://www.sfgate.com/business/artic...ys-4301917.php


This article has a 4 minute video at the bottom re: for profit schools.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1874677.html

I attend Southern New Hampshire University online. They are awesome! They're a not for profit.

http://www.fastcompany.com/most-inno...ire-university

http://www.studentsreview.com/NH/NHC_g.html

[agzg]

PM_Mama, if you go for Health Information Technology or Health Information Management make sure the program is CAHIIM-accredited so you can sit for the RHIT certification exam, it's often hard to find work without it.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by agzg

PM_Mama, if you go for Health Information Technology or Health Information Management make sure the program is CAHIIM-accredited so you can sit for the RHIT certification exam, it's often hard to find work without it.

Henry Ford Community College is the place she'll want to go if she goes into this, but it won't be online. PM-Mama- If you do go there, some of my former co-workers teach there and host interns. It's a good program

[NinjaPoodle]

Online grad rates
I found this from a google search on degreejungle.com
http://www.degreejungle.com/rankings...aduation-rates

[als463]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

Online grad rates
I found this from a google search on degreejungle.com
http://www.degreejungle.com/rankings...aduation-rates

Must say, I'm pretty pleased to see my alma mater make the #1 spot for graduation rates. I'm a big fan of the Penn State World Campus (though I never attended the online school but, instead University Park) because it is also known to be very "military friendly" in terms of working with our men and women in uniform.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

Online grad rates
I found this from a google search on degreejungle.com
http://www.degreejungle.com/rankings...aduation-rates

I just looked at the list again and no change. I can verify this because when I filled out my FAFSA 34% is what they gave me.

[NinjaPoodle]

My illustrious school is on pg 5, 8th down. Yeah son! we're not last! lol