07-15-2013, 07:25 PM
hornj Wrote:Thomas Edison just announced a new per credit tuition plan. You can get all the details here, along with a nice chart showing how much you will pay depending on how many credits per year you will take. It looks like it could save you a good bit of money if you are doing a degree mostly through testing. It would have saved me $1000.
The fine print reveals that it will cost more and the residency requirement will turn many people away. It's a nice option for those who don't have all the money up front and want to take their time to complete the degree:
"NOTE: Students who select the Per Credit Tuition Plan with the intention of graduating from Thomas Edison State College have academic residency requirements of 12 credits for an associate degree and 24 credits for a bachelor's degree. Residency requirements are met by earning credits via Thomas Edison State College Online (OL), Guided Study (GS) or e-Pack (EP) courses, TECEP exams (TE) or Portfolio Assessment (PA)."
My completed "non-traditional" credits include 27 credits from CLEP, 30 credits from DSST, 6 credits from ALEKS, 19 credits from FEMA courses including PDS, 3 credits from NFA courses, 10 credits from ACE Workplace Training, 3 credits from a TESC TECEP exam, and 3 credits from a TESC PLA course.
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