Patten VS WGU Tuition

[sanantone]

WGU offers financial aid, while Patten does not. I have no experience with Patten's course work. I don't particularly like WGU's grading any pass as a 3.0, but this may not matter to most. I'm not sure of the discounts Patten offers, but at $520 a month that brings tuition to $3120 for 6 months. WGU costs $3,250 per term. I wouldn't let a difference in tuition this small effect my decision. Even with the interest of a student loan for the 6 months (if you financed with student loan then paid equal payments monthly), it would be negligible. In the end I would choose the school I felt fit my situation the best. I had considered patten before choosing WGU. For me, it was basically a coin flip decision.

The last discount I heard about for Patten's graduate programs is $349 per month. For 6 months, that is $2,094, but they don't offer discounts all the time and they do 4-month terms.