Best Colleges For Returning Adults - Nationwide -Rankings 2017

[Life Long Learning]

Best Colleges For Returning Adults - Nationwide - 2017
http://www.collegefactual.com/rankings/non-traditional/

All of the Big 3 make the top 10.

#2 Excelsior College
#8 TESU
#9 COSC

I think they should be 1-2-3.....

[bjcheung77]

Rank University/College Location Tuition & Fees
1 University of Maryland - University College Adelphi, Maryland $7,176 / $12,336
2 Excelsior College Albany, New York $12,240
3 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts $47,074
4 American Public University System Charles Town, West Virginia $6,880
5 Capella University Minneapolis, Minnesota $13,998
6 Ashford University San Diego, California $11,032
7 Bellevue University Bellevue, Nebraska $7,365
8 Thomas Edison State University Trenton, New Jersey $6,350 / $9,352
9 Charter Oak State College New Britain, Connecticut $7,671 / $10,029
10 Regis University Denver, Colorado $34,450

You post from last year: http://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/showthre...#pid215207
#1 Excelsior College
#3 TESU
#5 COSC

Forbes great colleges for adults returning to school 2016: http://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/showthre...?tid=24136
1. Excelsior College
2. Charter Oak State College
3. University of Maryland - University College
4. Thomas Edison State University

The top 3 this year are shown here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstra...32a0023149
1) Excelsior College
2) APUS
3) TESU

[Life Long Learning]

Looks like the Big 3 are getting better press. They are 100% unique. All the "Johnny Come Lately" types are still not better than the 1971 concept!

[sanantone]

I don't take most of these rankings seriously. Harvard Extension is way too expensive, and they require that some of the courses be taken on campus making them even more expensive. I could be wrong, but they don't seem to offer much, if any, non-loan aid to their extension students like they do with their other students. Also, you have to pass the first few courses before being admitted. That means you have to pay for the first two or three courses out of pocket because you won't qualify for financial aid.