Graduate transfer credits

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For me, the transfer credits are useful when you can grab a class at another school for a lower cost.

For instance, through perkspot (which some people have through their employer, alumni association, etc), there is an offer to try a course at DeVry for free. (Plus about $100 in fees). I chose a course that fit into my program, and grabbed it for $100 total. (My usual cost for one course is $1312.50). So this one course saved me about $1200.

There are also courses available at ace.edu. This is a college, not the ACE credits you can do for undergrad. Since they offer an MBA degree, it is possible to get a slightly lower cost course you can transfer elsewhere. You can enroll as a “student at large” to grab these classes. They may or may not be less expensive, depending on where you are planning to get your degree.

Another possibility that I have considered is either Waldorf or Columbia Southern. Since i have inquired with them in the past, sometimes I get emails for 50% off your first course.

There’s also the 100 million learners certificate through ASU’s thunderbird school. This is the LONG way to get free graduate credits. You have to finish ALL five courses for the certificate. I don’t think all the courses have been rolled out yet. (Almost). If you finish the certificate, there could be at least some you can transfer elsewhere, if you choose to get it transcripted for a “small fee”. No one knows what that fee is going to be yet.

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Wow VESI looks cool, I didn't know them.

I want to do a finance (or maybe business) related master and I liked the way that transfer credits could reduce costs at the undergraduate level. So I just wondered, if similar methods can be used at the graduate level in order to lower costs, since many universities advertise "transfer up to x credits" I wondered if that is actually useful in any way or if students came up with some way to use it.

I do not recommend VESI unless you are a teacher working on getting your Master’s degree.  The courses are designed as Professional Development and can be applied to a graduate degree in Education, but you do need to select a school/institution where you plan to transfer.  The cost will vary based on the institution that you choose.  For instance, when I choose Ohio, I can choose one of the ESC’s which will cost about $200, but when I choose a college, it might cost $600, depending on the school.  An ESC is not a college.  It’s an Educational Service Center.  They provide a variety of services to school districts, including Human Resources, Professional Development and Technological Support, just to name a few. (I work in public schools in Ohio).  Not only that, but as someone else stated, those courses wouldn’t fit into a lot of other degrees unless there’s room for general electives..