02-20-2017, 09:45 PM
I found this on PF site "Penn Foster College can start you on the path to your new career for just $79 per credit!"
Here's the bottom line, $79 per credit is too expensive. You can do a single CLEP exam for $80 and that is worth 3 credits. Add in a reasonable proctor fee and you're at $33/credit.
Saylor is $25 for 3 credits. No proctor! That's $8/credit
DSST same costs as CLEP
Straighterline, as Dfrecore mentioned, is a monthly payment plan. I have 2 sons enrolled now. It's $99/month plus whatever class(s) want - no limit. Classes are about $50. My teens average 2 classes per month, so for each son, I'm spending $200 per month for 6 credits. That's $33/credit, and I can accelerate or stop if we get into a money crunch. When we speed up, they can do as many as 4 in a month. In those months, we are spending $300 in a month for 12 credits, which brings the cost down to $25/cr.
I will send 100% of these credits directly to TESU or COSC when they are ready, and IN ADDITION there are 2 key points. #1, they will be meeting the gen eds that align to their target bachelor's degree perfectly (PF that's not the case) and they'll never have a nationally accredited degree on their resumes. Both my husband and I had a HECK of a time since we both earned nationally accredited degrees first. Getting a bachelor's was a pain and as you can see from my siggy, I had to start from scratch with a second associate degree. Penn Foster's degree is nationally accredited. You're inviting trouble if you want a regionally accredited bachelor's degree.
*note* there are legitimate reasons for earning a NA degree, but for someone headed into a RA program, earning a NA degree first is going to create 99 problems.
Here's the bottom line, $79 per credit is too expensive. You can do a single CLEP exam for $80 and that is worth 3 credits. Add in a reasonable proctor fee and you're at $33/credit.
Saylor is $25 for 3 credits. No proctor! That's $8/credit
DSST same costs as CLEP
Straighterline, as Dfrecore mentioned, is a monthly payment plan. I have 2 sons enrolled now. It's $99/month plus whatever class(s) want - no limit. Classes are about $50. My teens average 2 classes per month, so for each son, I'm spending $200 per month for 6 credits. That's $33/credit, and I can accelerate or stop if we get into a money crunch. When we speed up, they can do as many as 4 in a month. In those months, we are spending $300 in a month for 12 credits, which brings the cost down to $25/cr.
I will send 100% of these credits directly to TESU or COSC when they are ready, and IN ADDITION there are 2 key points. #1, they will be meeting the gen eds that align to their target bachelor's degree perfectly (PF that's not the case) and they'll never have a nationally accredited degree on their resumes. Both my husband and I had a HECK of a time since we both earned nationally accredited degrees first. Getting a bachelor's was a pain and as you can see from my siggy, I had to start from scratch with a second associate degree. Penn Foster's degree is nationally accredited. You're inviting trouble if you want a regionally accredited bachelor's degree.
*note* there are legitimate reasons for earning a NA degree, but for someone headed into a RA program, earning a NA degree first is going to create 99 problems.
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