Is Distance Learning Economical?

What's the most inexpensive means for obtaining a bachelor's degree these days? News flash: It isn't at the University of Phoenix.

This college and many like it are entities owned by for-profit corporations that, as recent statistics show, are charging almost as much in tuition as their non-profit counterparts. In a recent survey by the National Center for Education Statistics, students at a for-profit university paid $14,908 in tuition during the 2007-2008 school year. an academic year. This is $9,178 more than their in-state counterparts in the 2007-2008 school year. Furthermore, for-profit institutions reflected the same rate of inflation as non-profit colleges and universities.

Additionally, the typical for-profit university only cost $4,139 less than a private brick and mortar institution.

Students looking for an economical way to complete their bachelor's degree may need to look beyond mere distance learning outlets since tuition at highly touted online universities are just as expensive as traditional colleges and universities.

Posted by Shawn Cohen