Is there a cheap national accredited online school?

[mickey20]

Is there a cheap national accredited online school? I'm planning to get A.A. degree first and B.A. degree later.
Regional accredited online school like Big 3 looks a bit expensive.

[davewill]

There's always University of the People. It doesn't get much cheaper than free... Well, not completely free....

There is a $60 application fee and a $100 fee for each final exam. So they estimate it costs $2000 for their associate's and $4000 for a bachelor's. The way I read it $4000 would cover both. They say they have lots of scholarships available, but I have no idea what the criteria might be.

[bjcheung77]

There's always University of the People. It doesn't get much cheaper than free... Well, not completely free....

There is a $60 application fee and a $100 fee for each final exam. So they estimate it costs $2000 for their associate's and $4000 for a bachelor's. The way I read it $4000 would cover both. They say they have lots of scholarships available, but I have no idea what the criteria might be.

Dave beat me to it, I was going to suggest them as well. There is another one, NationsUniversity, it's actually FREE as well. Here's a post two weeks ago.
http://www.degreeforum.net/military-disc...post209270

Hmm, I would really wonder if NationsUniversity | Affordable, High Quality, Christian Education would work for you.
If you're in say, Asia for a year or two, you technically aren't resident...
And of you complete their degree, the tuition is free as long as you're not resident at any of the mentioned 25 countries.

BTW, they're accredited by DEAC, whereas I believe most Seminary's or Theological schools are accredited by TRACS.
See View Agencies , you can check accreditation for some at TRACS

[sanantone]

Nations University charges $960 per year now.

You can still get a degree from a regionally accredited school pretty cheaply. People use the Big 3 to test out of their degrees, and this is usually under $7,000 total. Western Governors University, Northern Arizona University, University of Wisconsin, Brandman University, Capella University, Patten University, Hodges University, and a few other schools offer competency-based programs where you pay a flat rate per 3-6 month term. You can complete as many credits as you can during those terms. With WGU's partnership with Saylor, you can complete a quarter to half of your degree by only paying $25 per Saylor exam taken. Each Saylor exam passed will earn 3-4 competency units at WGU.

[bjcheung77]

Is there a cheap national accredited online school? I'm planning to get A.A. degree first and B.A. degree later.
Regional accredited online school like Big 3 looks a bit expensive.

But ultimately, if you would like the best bang for your buck, you need to list what educational level and course you already have under your belt.
I looked up your previous posts, since you're not one of those 1 post wonders :coolgleam:. So, you've taken PF and some comm college...
What's under your hood of credits? Did you take any from Ashworth or another NA school? PF and other NA are good schools to have your AA.

Since you're already taking PF courses, why not finish there if you're close and transfer them to an RA institution for your RA BA/BS degree?
Some competency based degrees from Patten and WGU will grant credit for those AA's at NA schools, and you'll be half way to your BA/BS.
Take some more ACE credits and you'll be even further along the road to that RA degree at those two schools...

[KayV]

If you have credit from a nationally accredited school, Excelsior will take up to 25% of your Excelsior program from those credits.
https://info.excelsior.edu/student-polic...d-schools/

So for example, if you have a 60-credit AA from a nationally accredited school, you could use up to 30 of those credits for an Excelsior BA.