Best option degree, no Financial aid, slim funds

[axlerod]

Okay, so I need to get a bachelor's degree like yesterday.

have credits from a 2yr community college, some Cleps and other hours from a nationally accredited school.

I want a regionally accredited degree, easier to transfer to Grad school.

willing to test out my only problem, i am not eligible for FInancial Aid, no FAFSA for me. still looking around for scholarships but otherwise i have to be CASH PAY, have always been.

Well, with a family, cash is slim so which of the schools would you recommend to earn a degree with minimal cost.

My focus is grad school so the bachelor degree does not matter, i can do a liberal arts degree.

waiting on your responses.

You guys on this site are a fountain of knowledge wealth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[robo]

I am going to Excelsior. I transferred in 57 credits and I will be taking 6 ECE's for upper level credit, $235 each. My total cost for enrollment, graduation, cleps, ece's and dantes will be about $4,150. Tesc's enrollment is more expensive than EC but they do allow you transfer fema credits for free and they also allow 200 courses as Upper Level which may save you some money if you are in need of upper level credit. I would apply to both schools and try to figure out how much it will cost to get your degree. It was a lot cheaper for me to go to EC, they also give letter grades for ECE's and a lot of the dantes tests. So it just depends on the person. If you do the search function and type in cost comparison you will see the difference between tesc and ec.

[axlerod]

sounds good, i will do the search too!

[norema]

American Public University accepts national accredited credits. They are a national and regional accredited college.

[bmills072200]

I am going to Excelsior. I transferred in 57 credits and I will be taking 6 ECE's for upper level credit, $235 each. My total cost for enrollment, graduation, cleps, ece's and dantes will be about $4,150. Tesc's enrollment is more expensive than EC but they do allow you transfer fema credits for free and they also allow 200 courses as Upper Level which may save you some money if you are in need of upper level credit. I would apply to both schools and try to figure out how much it will cost to get your degree. It was a lot cheaper for me to go to EC, they also give letter grades for ECE's and a lot of the dantes tests. So it just depends on the person. If you do the search function and type in cost comparison you will see the difference between tesc and ec.

I think the general rule of thumb is that if you have 30%-60% of your credits already completed by transfer credit before applying, then Excelsior is usually going to be the cheapest. If you are starting almost completely from scratch, then TESC is the cheaper option.