Pell grant and one of the big 3 in 2019?

[davewill]

Is it possible to apply the Pell grant towards the fees from one of these institutions? I would like to apply the 140+ credits I have and get a degree but the high amount of fees are putting me off. If you qualified for the Pell grant and just needed to meet residency somewhere to get your Bachelors, what would you do?

As stated above, you have to take courses in order to get the funds from a Pell and at TESU, the tuition for the courses would use it all up. I think the best you could do would be to use your Pell at a cheap school like NMJC where there would be funds left over after paying tuition. The left over money can be used for anything you like...although you'd still have to take a bunch of courses.

The honest truth is that the Big3 is the cheapest way we know to get a bachelor's degree, even with the big fees. One thing to think about is debt. Normally, we are very down on debt, but going a $3-4K in debt to actually receive a bachelor's degree isn't the tragedy that taking out $100K worth of loans is.