The more I watch and listen to my daughter and her friends discuss college costs, the more I appreciate her leaning towards attending an accredited online university like WGU. Adding to the tuition costs are book costs, meal costs, living costs, commuting costs and even parking costs ... which are just thousands of dollars invested in actually attending college above and beyond those college credits. And when you consider that a huge chunk of education is basically the same whether you're attending an ivy league university or an online school - math, science, history, English - wouldn't you rather see those thousands of dollars better spent?
Who wouldn't want to garner a master's degree that is no less of a master's degree simply because it's an online mba that just cost you a fraction of your colleague's? And the best part is knowing how much smarter you've already proven yourself to be when you compare how much you spent on the path to earning that degree in relation to those same colleagues.
Or maybe you'll be comparing how much more you were able to save and put towards your new car or home... or... ? There's a lot to be said for furthering your education. But I strongly object to the pressure put on kids to go into hock for their future - when there are fantastic online universities out there offering those kids some worthy options.
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