Lowest Cost Online Masters

[Randyb100]

From my research, World Quant and University of the People are the cheapest options (if you get their scholarship) for master's degrees. UoP has a master's in education and another in computer science. How far it will help with getting a job, I don't know, but if you're looking internationally then national accredidation does go much further than in the USA (for some strange reason).

I, too, am in Texas, and am looking for better options. The Texas education system is f@$&ed. Even the bottom-tier schools won't accept transfer credits from other states. I have two AAS degrees from Oklahoma and they wouldn't accept any credits, yet I could transfer to Colorado State or WGU or Thomas Edison and they all worked. 

"Prestigious" Texas schools are almost at the level of Ivy Leagues with entrance scandals. They make it unusually difficult to get accepted, yet here's avenues like Coursera where you can get a cheap degree in a particular field and get in pretty easy.

I would definitely look elsewhere for a degree, and consider moving if you're open to it. The job market in Texas isn't bad, but the salary will be low because Texas is basically a libertarian state with a $7.25 minimum wage when other states are approaching $18. You will be capitalized on in every way imaginable, then potentially imprisoned or killed because that's also very common here. 

Other than that, there are international options, even online. Germany is a country I'm looking at, as well as France and Switzerland. UK is cheap in comparison, but still over 10k. France would be like $2500 a year for an American resident. Germany and Switzerland would be maybe $500. Some degrees are offered online, and it could lead to an education or work visa. I work for an international company and hope I can do both so I can move far far away from the shithole that is Texas state. I say that as someone who's family fought in the Texas Revolution and who have lived in Texas and Oklahoma for hundreds of years. The grass really is greener on the other side.