UpGrad DBA Golden Gate U - 70% scholarships for 5,000 students

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And why is the cost differential an issue? UPenn's MCIT via Coursera costs ~$30k. Their on-campus version costs ~$81k. GeorgiaTech's OMSCS is ~$7k while their on-campus version is ~$36k. University of London's online BSc in CS is ~£11k for the entire program. Their on-campus program, through their constituent colleges, will cost ~£17k PER YEAR. Let's even take the forum's favorite - UMPI. BABA from UMPI's YourPace will cost ~$3.5k. Their on-campus BABA is ~$24k/yr.

@Harry101 - What do you mean by "refund"? You think University of London will refund you fees once you've enrolled? Absolutely not. This isn't udemy where you can get your $$ back if you didn't like the course.

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While GGU is authorized to do the DBA by distance, it is not GGU faculty doing the delivery.

And? That's hardly a unique arrangement. Perhaps you should look at how content for these online programs is/has been sourced:
- University of Maryland Global
- Purdue Global
- UMass Global
- Outlier.org's courses & their new Associate's degree

There's a difference between purchasing prepackaged courses for your faculty to teach and outsourcing everything. 

Outlier creates their own courses, I believe. Since they're unaccredited, they have an agreement with Golden Gate University to award the degree. So, this is just another case of GGU selling its name.