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Westerner Wrote:Soooo...when you enroll (in TESC), do you have to pay the whole enrollment fee up front? Or can you pay some first and the rest later...?
This is another pro/con area for the Big 3. As far as I know, TESC does not offer a payment plan for this fee. Excelsior and Charter Oak do have payment plans (for an extra fee).
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One difference to note between TESC and COSC is that the enrollment fee at COSC is paid per semester and is a relatively modest $228. You do have to take two courses at COSC, however these are $900/each, and the cost related result in 6 credits (3 at the upper level). COSC will also allow the use of a "consortium agreement" which would allow you to take courses at a cheaper institution (like a CC) yet maintain the 6-12 enrolled credit hours required for access to your PELL funds.
If cost is an overriding factor for you, and if you don't feel the need for a degree program specific to TESC than you should at least explore COSC. Both schools offer FEMA credits for free in specific areas, both allow the bulk of your credit from alternate sources like CBE/ALEKS/SL.
EC has some unique programs and they remain a strong choice for some...but they require FEMA to be run through FCC at $78/credit and they too have an upfront enrollment fee....so to me they aren't the first choice if the money is a big issue.
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mrobinson,
CLEP cost $80 plus whatever you testing center charges per exam. My local CC charges $20, so I pay $100 per CLEP. When I take them, I have the scores sent to Excelsior. When I first enrolled at Excelsior, I paid the College Board $20 to forward a transcipt that contained all of the CLEPs I had taken previously.
I paid for my registration through a payment plan which spread my $780 veteran's enrollement fee over 6 months.
I will only take information literacy and the capstone at Excelsior for a total of four credits. The rest of my credits will likely come from BYU Extension, CSU-Pueblo independent study, or University of Idaho independent study. They are all cheaper than the $380 per credit that Excelsior wants for classes. Fort Hays is also a veteran friendly school and they charge less than $200 per credit. Fort Hays will transfer in 65 credits and you would be able to use your FAFSA with them.
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