Master's difficult/expensive to get?

[cookderosa]

OH! English is one of the fields offered at Western New Mexico University. More than one former member here has earned degrees there. In a nutshell, you pick 2 concentrations (each 18 credits) in anything they offer. It's also super affordable.

http://interdisciplinary.wnmu.edu/graduate/masters/

18 credit concentrations are the magic number because having a masters with 18 in a field is a minimum college teaching qualification in all 50 states, so in theory, you'd be qualified to teach at a community college in both of your concentrations.

Choose 2:
Bilingual Education
Business
Criminal Justice
Education
Educational Leadership
English
History
Instructional Technology & Design
Management Information Systems
Political Science
Psychology
Reading Education
Special Education
Writing

All of the New Mexico colleges have this really strange tuition policy surrounding 6 credits. I don't know why they do it, but it must be a state-wide thing since they all do this. I copied/pasted below, but in essence, as long as you take 6 credits- it's one cost, if you try to take 9, they sandbag you.
Also, summer sessions are CHEAPER than full semesters, the exact opposite of what many colleges do. If you enrolled in 2 classes per term year round, you're looking at under $6000 per year.

6 credits summer = $1498
6 credits fall/spring= $2224
9 credits summer = $2248
9 credits fall/spring= $5527