Are there any other low cost Universites besides the big ?

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Soecificaly for computer science. Also, are there any online universities from Europe?

We don't recommend the Big 3 because they are low cost. In fact, the per-credit cost at TESU, COSC, and Excelsior is actually on the high side (like $500 per credit) for the two required courses you have to take with them. Plus any additional costs to graduate (like residency waiver and graduation application fee).

The reason we recommend the Big 3 is because they allow people to transfer in nearly the entirety of the credits needed to complete a bachelor's degree and they accept ACE recommended credits from alternative education providers. This allows people to complete their degrees much more quickly. The end effect is that the overall cost is lower since alternative credits are generally on the order of $33 per credit. 

With COSC and TESU changing their allowance to limit transfers to a max of 90 ACE credits, this makes them much less desirable as a destination for people who don't have a significant amount of prior college credit. IMO, this leaves Excelsior as the only remaining member of the Big 3. The other two are basically the second tier at this point (only really useful for people who already have significant college credits and just looking to finish a degree).

The way I see it. if you can only transfer in 90 ACE credits anyway, and you live in the US, you're better off just attending WGU. They also accept up to 90 ACE credits, but the balance can be earned much more quickly and cheaply than taking courses via TESU or COSC. For people who are coming into this without 30 semester hours of college credit, it makes way more sense. Plus it will be cheaper and faster.

As far as European universities go, that really isn't the focus of this forum. We have a lot of international people pursuing degrees, but the majority of them use one of the Big 3 schools. I've personally been looking at UK schools for a Ph.D., but I don't know anything about distance-learning-based UK bachelor's degree programs.

Agreed.  We use the Big 3 because they're cheapest OVERALL, not because they are "low-cost" schools.  It's also available to do a degree there FAST.

There are some additional schools that will take 90cr of transfer, many of those credits from ACE; but you have to take 30cr in residency - but overall, those last 90cr are less than $10k.

Then there are the competency-based schools, which can be inexpensive as well, if you can get through quickly.

Which will work best for you depends on your learning style, the credits you already have, the way you want to earn credits, etc.  It's totally personal for each person as to which will work best for them.  There are pros and cons to every school.