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The closest place for me to take CLEPs and DSSTs is Texas State University. They went from charging a $30 testing fee to a $40 one! The next closest place is an Austin Community College campus that charges $35! This is still cheaper than taking a Uexcel (and also much closer), but it makes a lot more sense for me now to take a TECEP if one is available in a subject I need. I miss being able to test at Wayland Baptist University for only $20. 
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It seems like inflation has hit Texas. Back when I was taking CLEP's in NJ the closest testing CC charged a $40 testing fee (this was back around 2007), when I complained I was told the college was holding down the cost of classes so other things had to cover. There was another CC farther away that cost more time and gas to get to, but I went there because I appreciated their $15 testing fee. I think as more people use exams for credit and others are deciding not to get large student loans colleges are looking for any way to make more money.
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I go to Strayer for testing and it'seems only $20 per test. CLEP and DSST. See if you have them near you.
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Feel you one of my test centers went from $10 to $30 in 2 months.
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When I was earning my degree a couple years ago, I'm thankful I was able to test for free (no proctor fee) at a nearby DeVry. Now they've stopped offering tests there and my sisters pay $20 every time they test, at a couple different places—American University of Health Sciences, and Webster University, on an Air Force base. But I've heard of places with as high as $50 testing fees :ack:
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Al2010x Wrote:I go to Strayer for testing and it'seems only $20 per test. CLEP and DSST. See if you have them near you.
Thanks, but all of the other testing centers are in Austin. It takes about 30-40 min. to get to somewhere in Austin without traffic depending on where in the city you're going. However, there is always traffic in Austin. A 35 min. drive could easily turn into a one hour drive. It would only be worth the trip if I were taking multiple tests in one sitting.
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MS, MSS and Graduate Cert
AAS, AS, BA, and BS
CLEP
Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68
DSST
Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458
ALEKS
Int Alg, Coll Alg
TEEX
4 credits
TECEP
Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations
CSU
Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber
SL
Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I
Uexcel
A&P
Davar
Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc
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I had to travel two hours to take my most recent CLEP (Intro Psych) and the Doña Ana Community College charged me $40!! Normally I would have gone to the local University, but they were shut dow. For the summer. Just wait until I have to start taking DSSTs. Then I will be forced to travel at least three hours to take a DSST!!!
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ugh! That's awful. There is one place in our area that charges $35, they are a private testing facility and have asked me repeatedly about plugging their site on my page- I can't do it, not for that cost. I still can get $20 fees at several schools here including Strayer of all places.
I wonder if there is an increased demand that is driving up these prices?
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That's a lot of money, Sanantone. I found a place in Manhattan (NYC) near my job that charges $20.
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Over the course of a couple of years the testing fee went from $15 to $45 and one college wanted $125 (just the testing fee). Then a private proctoring company opened and they only charge $20 - it's a great deal in my area.
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