University of the People - Fee Price Hike

[bjcheung77]

The school remains tuition free, however; the fees for the assessments have gone up as per their email.

The fees will be updated November 2020, you have a few days if you want to keep the program at the current fees.

You have to be accepted and take a spot in a couple of days - by August 22, 2020 otherwise, you pay the new fees.

Undergrad: $100 will change to $120 and for Grad: $200 will change to $240 - that's a 20% increase.

Here's the link to all the info related to the rise in cost of fees:  https://www.uopeople.edu/tuition-free/fee-update/

[SweetSecret]

I do not know that UoPeople has any tuition lock. Did you see something about that? I was thinking it was going out for both current students and new students.

At this rate, the Heriot-Watt MBA just became cheaper...

I have to say too, the UoPeople support for students is AWFUL. Some of it is definitely a language barrier issues, but not all. There are also a number of professors who are far less than enthusiastic. Had one stellar professor over four terms. I cannot bring myself to do another term there. I will be over the moon to be transferring back to Walden. Probably the best part about UoPeople is meeting people from all over the world, but in terms of peer grading that is also the worst part. With the fee hike I just don't think it's worth it though. for somebody brand new to an MBA program who wants to be able to test out I would say go for Heriot-Watt unless you want a specialization they can't offer.

[SteveFoerster]

At this rate, the Heriot-Watt MBA just became cheaper...

No it didn't. Their MBA is over 10,000 GBP, which is something like 13,500 USD right now. 

I mean, it may be a better value, that's an individual decision, but it's not cheaper.

[StoicJ]

I do not know that UoPeople has any tuition lock. Did you see something about that? I was thinking it was going out for both current students and new students.

At this rate, the Heriot-Watt MBA just became cheaper...

I have to say too, the UoPeople support for students is AWFUL. Some of it is definitely a language barrier issues, but not all. There are also a number of professors who are far less than enthusiastic. Had one stellar professor over four terms. I cannot bring myself to do another term there. I will be over the moon to be transferring back to Walden. Probably the best part about UoPeople is meeting people from all over the world, but in terms of peer grading that is also the worst part. With the fee hike I just don't think it's worth it though. for somebody brand new to an MBA program who wants to be able to test out I would say go for Heriot-Watt unless you want a specialization they can't offer.

There is a fee lock for both undergrad and grad students. If you are set for the coming term (Term 1), you will stay at $100 and $200 respectively. 
https://www.uopeople.edu/tuition-free/fee-update/

Course fees (12 x $200) + application fee ($60) + graduation fee ($0) + books ($0) = $2,460. If you get set up after Term 1 you'll be looking at $2,940. Still WAY cheaper than a Heriot-Watt MBA. Like Steve said, HW still may be a better value.

[SweetSecret]

At this rate, the Heriot-Watt MBA just became cheaper...

No it didn't. Their MBA is over 10,000 GBP, which is something like 13,500 USD right now. 

I mean, it may be a better value, that's an individual decision, but it's not cheaper.

Last I checked, Heriot-Watt's competency/exam-based MBA costs £160/exam, which at the current exchange rate is just under $205. Are you thinking it's more expensive due to prep
 courses prior to the exam? If so, I have not seen the price on those. Are the prep courses required?

[SteveFoerster]

At this rate, the Heriot-Watt MBA just became cheaper...

No it didn't. Their MBA is over 10,000 GBP, which is something like 13,500 USD right now. 

I mean, it may be a better value, that's an individual decision, but it's not cheaper.

Last I checked, Heriot-Watt's competency/exam-based MBA costs £160/exam, which at the current exchange rate is just under $205. Are you thinking it's more expensive due to prep
 courses prior to the exam? If so, I have not seen the price on those. Are the prep courses required?

Yes, I believe that for each of the nine courses, first you pay 1000 GBP to get the course, and also pay 160 GBP for the exam fee:

https://www.ebsglobal.net/study-with-us/...ing/fees#_

[SweetSecret]

Yes, I believe that for each of the nine courses, first you pay 1000 GBP to get the course, and also pay 160 GBP for the exam fee:

https://www.ebsglobal.net/study-with-us/...ing/fees#_

I see it now, thanks! Still wonder if the course is actually obligatory. Although, even if it were not... it seems the exams would be difficult to pass without seeing examples of what they want for answers first. This makes me miss TECEPs where I could just study whatever the recommended books were and then take the exam.

[Skirtlet]

I do not know that UoPeople has any tuition lock. Did you see something about that? I was thinking it was going out for both current students and new students.

At this rate, the Heriot-Watt MBA just became cheaper...

I have to say too, the UoPeople support for students is AWFUL. Some of it is definitely a language barrier issues, but not all. There are also a number of professors who are far less than enthusiastic. Had one stellar professor over four terms. I cannot bring myself to do another term there. I will be over the moon to be transferring back to Walden. Probably the best part about UoPeople is meeting people from all over the world, but in terms of peer grading that is also the worst part. With the fee hike I just don't think it's worth it though. for somebody brand new to an MBA program who wants to be able to test out I would say go for Heriot-Watt unless you want a specialization they can't offer.

I agree. The professors are largely uninterested, at best. Academic advisors are completely inept, to say the least. “Free” tuition is barely worth the frustration of dealing with the complete incompetence of UoP. I want to support free tuition and their cause, but their academic advisors are less useless than a brick wall. Peer grading is an utter failure on top of it. I stuck it out for cheap/free and easy classes, but I would rather go to the dentist while laying nude in a fire ant bed under nuclear rain than EVER interact with an UoP academic advisor. Ever.

[debrag]

I do not know that UoPeople has any tuition lock. Did you see something about that? I was thinking it was going out for both current students and new students.

At this rate, the Heriot-Watt MBA just became cheaper...

I have to say too, the UoPeople support for students is AWFUL. Some of it is definitely a language barrier issues, but not all. There are also a number of professors who are far less than enthusiastic. Had one stellar professor over four terms. I cannot bring myself to do another term there. I will be over the moon to be transferring back to Walden. Probably the best part about UoPeople is meeting people from all over the world, but in terms of peer grading that is also the worst part. With the fee hike I just don't think it's worth it though. for somebody brand new to an MBA program who wants to be able to test out I would say go for Heriot-Watt unless you want a specialization they can't offer.

I agree. The professors are largely uninterested, at best. Academic advisors are completely inept, to say the least. “Free” tuition is barely worth the frustration of dealing with the complete incompetence of UoP. I want to support free tuition and their cause, but their academic advisors are less useless than a brick wall. Peer grading is an utter failure on top of it. I stuck it out for cheap/free and easy classes, but I would rather go to the dentist while laying nude in a fire ant bed under nuclear rain than EVER interact with an UoP academic advisor. Ever.

I do the min I can to pass lol Peer grading is crap but accounts for only 10% of my grade for each course so far and I don't interact with my instructors other than the learning journals. I'm pretty much getting it all for free due to getting scholarships (uni ones not specialist ones) that anyone can get with just writing to sentences.

The little interaction I am used to with doing courses with The Open Uni where there is no interaction apart from a few tutorials that you don't need to attend.

[ecdw94]

Seems like there is another fee increase. Does anyone here can verify this? And maybe someone knows any information about the amount that will be increased? I can not find anything on any official sources.
https://www.reddit.com/r/UoPeople/commen..._increase/