Costs for Competency-Based Bachelor's Programs as of 7/25/2020

[monchevy]

is APU/AMU still offering Momentum? the last few times i tried to track down current information nothing was coming up.

No.

[sciencemathematics1]

Good work OP. I would love to see something like this for masters and doctorates

In case anybody is interested, I have found competency-based doctoral programs. 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication...Experience
According to this research paper there are competency-based doctoral degrees offered by Fielding Graduate University.
https://www.fielding.edu/who-we-are/our-...hilosophy/

Fielding developed a rigorous, supportive learning model that today remains flexible, adult-centered, self-directed, practice-oriented, global, and competence-based.

Andrews University 
https://bulletin.andrews.edu/preview_pro...&poid=7608

[i]The Leadership Program is competency-based.[/i]

This college also offers a competency-based doctorate.
https://www.antioch.edu/gslc/why-au/au-history/

Our commitment was, and still is, to offer a rigorous doctoral program like no other...
....the competency-based/capabilities-based design in which students are awarded credit for demonstrating their learning as opposed to seat time in a classroom

https://www.antioch.edu/gslc/degrees-pro...ip-change/

The PhD in Leadership and Change is a post-Master’s, full-time program delivered in a unique and distinctive model:...
...Credit for demonstrating learning rather than seat-time in a course

https://www.nwmissouri.edu/education/programs/phded.htm

Coursework is competency based

[SweetSecret]

This is a great list, but it would also be nice to see a second version with all the additional fees included i.e. "technology fees".

[ss20ts]

This is a great list, but it would also be nice to see a second version with all the additional fees included i.e. "technology fees".

Fees frequently change. Sometimes more often than tuition. This list is very helpful. We all need to do some research on the costs when looking at colleges. The costs can change every term.

[cecilgambe7]

Actually, if you are looking for a big amount of RA credits, maybe it is better to pay 3000$ to Competency-Based NAU program that paying for the courses...

[ss20ts]

Actually, if you are looking for a big amount of RA credits, maybe it is better to pay 3000$ to Competency-Based NAU program that paying for the courses...

NAU has some great programs. I looked at them quite extensively before I decided to transfer to UMPI. I should be done in 2 terms which is 16 weeks. Here's hoping!

[dfrecore]

My list was a snapshot in time, based on the info I had at the moment.  For anyone who wants more info (like technology fees) or more schools added, feel free to do so.

As for the Momentum program, I can still find it out there when I look, and it's on the 2020 catalog.  I'm curious as to the person who said no, and why?  Here's the link to the BSIT degree: https://catalog.apus.edu/undergraduate/a...ementstext

[tjguitar85]

Good work OP. I would love to see something like this for masters and doctorates

If you're talking about competency-based masters and doctorates, the competency-based degrees are included above and there are no competency-based doctorates.

If you're just talking about a list of graduate degrees sorted by price, that is a tall ask. There are hundreds (thousands if you include international schools) of different degree programs out there and they can vary in price even within the same college. Even if you limit it to just online programs that is still a pretty huge list and would require a ton of research and time.

I made my own list of online doctoral programs based on the areas of study I am interested in and price range I am willing to consider, but I'm sure it is woefully incomplete because I still keep finding new schools to add to my list that meet my requirements. Even incomplete and highly focused, the list is still quite long.

Personally, I think doing the research yourself is probably ideal since while you're looking around the schools to collect the information you want you can also get a good idea of which schools appeal to you in other areas.

I have considered building a web crawler/scraper that could pull information off college websites to collect data on graduate degrees and pricing, but every college presents its information so differently. Digging around for stuff like pricing can require finesse so it would be a pain to figure out all the ways required to collect this info from each website. Plus you'd have to change it again each time they redesign their site. So I gave up on the idea... it was easier to just do it manually.

In regards to competency-based masters, are any of the MBA options more exam based rather than written paper based?

[Merlin]

In regards to competency-based masters, are any of the MBA options more exam based rather than written paper based?

I am not aware of one, but that doesn't mean the answer is no. There are programs that nobody on this forum has been through as yet. Plus I am sure there are members of the forum who have attended some of those programs without posting feedback on the ratio of exams to papers throughout the programs that they did attend.

This is an answerable question though. It would just require someone doing the research. Unfortunately, those kinds of details are rarely covered in the syllabi so it will require contacting someone in the school or someone who has previously taken those courses. The easiest approach would probably be to contact each college with a competency-based MBA program and ask about how the courses are structures and the ratio of papers to exams. Of course, I don't whether this information is readily available to the admissions team, but with sufficient prodding, I expect the information can be obtained.

If someone does take on that challenge, hopefully they will post the results on the forum here since I'm also curious. It would be interesting to see the various programs compared in terms of this kind of information as well.

[Gunner Henderson]

Good work OP. I would love to see something like this for masters and doctorates

In case anybody is interested, I have found competency-based doctoral programs. 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication...Experience
According to this research paper there are competency-based doctoral degrees offered by Fielding Graduate University.
https://www.fielding.edu/who-we-are/our-...hilosophy/

Fielding developed a rigorous, supportive learning model that today remains flexible, adult-centered, self-directed, practice-oriented, global, and competence-based.

Andrews University 
https://bulletin.andrews.edu/preview_pro...&poid=7608

[i]The Leadership Program is competency-based.[/i]

This college also offers a competency-based doctorate.
https://www.antioch.edu/gslc/why-au/au-history/

Our commitment was, and still is, to offer a rigorous doctoral program like no other...
....the competency-based/capabilities-based design in which students are awarded credit for demonstrating their learning as opposed to seat time in a classroom

https://www.antioch.edu/gslc/degrees-pro...ip-change/

The PhD in Leadership and Change is a post-Master’s, full-time program delivered in a unique and distinctive model:...
...Credit for demonstrating learning rather than seat-time in a course

https://www.nwmissouri.edu/education/programs/phded.htm

Coursework is competency based
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