Budgeting for your online degree
Oct 24th, 2004A few great articles over at About.com's Distance learning website about budgeting for your online degree. They also expand on this with a piece about hidden costs in some online courses.
The biggest budget hit will be tuition. Right?
Right. It won't be cheap, especially if you need a degree from a top echelon institution. For undergraduates, tuition generally ranges from $200 to $350 per unit. For graduate and doctoral courses, tuition will range from $300 to $600, or much more at elite schools or for specialized graduate degrees such as an MBA. For instance, the cost of Duke University's "global" MBA program costs about $62,500. Tuition at the University of Michigan is $48,000 and $23,000 at the University of Phoenix. Online tuition costs are much less at public and/or less known universities. An online MBA from the University of Colorado, denver costs $7,500, and $7,770 from the University of Texas at Dallas.
