Non-Credit vs For-Credit Courses

[eupharis]

Wow this community is crazy. I had no idea a place like this existed.

I read over https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Th...c_Approach

and did a deep dive on the wiki.

I'm someone who has taken a LOT of courses over the years. But all the for-credit courses I have taken have just been at the local community college / state university.

I thought I was doing really well going to an in-state school, taking AP classes, doing community college where I could, and picking up a few grants/scholarships here and there.

But yeah it seems like the approach here could have made things way cheaper? Like 10x cheaper?

Looks like I have ~280 undergrad credits and 73 grad credits. I have two degrees (BA and MA) and a smattering of certificates.

I ran some back of the envelope calculations, and right now at a cost of $250 per credit (tuition + fees, with residency), my undergrad alone would cost $70k today.

But you all are doing it for $5-10k? That's wild.

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So I built this website for the non-credit online course space:

https://newcoursealert.com/

But after reading this forum, I wonder if pursuing non-credit online classes is really the way to go anymore.

With something like Sophia, the cost of for-credit courses seems like it's actually less than non-credit courses? Why wouldn't you pick up the college credits? Am I missing something?

So yeah, I am rethinking my website now. It feels like if you could send people alerts about new for-credit courses, that would be even more helpful?