Community Colleges

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Are any upper level courses available at local community colleges?

If so are they a cheaper alternative?

The cheapest/easiest place to get UL RA credit is APUS:
https://catalog.apus.edu/undergraduate/a...bachelors/

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Are any upper level courses available at local community colleges?

If so are they a cheaper alternative?

The cheapest/easiest place to get UL RA credit is APUS:
https://catalog.apus.edu/undergraduate/a...bachelors/

Lots of places to earn them cheaper than APUS:
UExcel exams (generally $110/exam)
TECEP exams ($250/exam for UL)
U of Arkansas Self-Paced Online ($165/cr=$495/course)
U of Idaho Independent Study ($190/cr=$570/course)
CSU Pueblo Independent Studies ($205/cr=$615/course)
BYU Independent Study ($212/cr=$636/course)
Oklahoma State University Individual Study ($689/course)
West Texas A&M Self-Paced ($699/course)
University of Northern Iowa Guided Independent Study  ($253/cr + $48/course=$807/course)

Also, if you enroll at Excelsior, and choose the Course Option instead of the Multi-Source Option, the cost for those last 2 courses is only $550 total - which works out to be $92/cr (yes, because of fees and tuition discounts, taking 7cr at EC is $5300 while taking 13cr at EC is $5850).

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Are any upper level courses available at local community colleges?

If so are they a cheaper alternative?

Totally depends. All courses offered at community colleges are lower level courses. 

There are some CC's that offer UL degrees, so they do offer UL courses.  https://www.miracosta.edu/academics/degr...index.html

That's not the norm with community colleges though. This one offers a few bachelor's degrees. They're UL courses are for those degrees. And those courses may not transfer as UL to other schools.

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Are any upper level courses available at local community colleges?

If so are they a cheaper alternative?

The cheapest/easiest place to get UL RA credit is APUS:
https://catalog.apus.edu/undergraduate/a...bachelors/

Definitely not the cheapest place to get UL RA credit. Many state schools cost far less for in state students. FHSU is only $213 per credit out of state and that is RA credit and a university.

[dfrecore]

Are any upper level courses available at local community colleges?

If so are they a cheaper alternative?

Totally depends. All courses offered at community colleges are lower level courses. 

There are some CC's that offer UL degrees, so they do offer UL courses.  https://www.miracosta.edu/academics/degr...index.html

That's not the norm with community colleges though. This one offers a few bachelor's degrees. They're UL courses are for those degrees. And those courses may not transfer as UL to other schools.

I didn't say it was the norm, nor did we discuss the transferability of the credit.  I was objecting to the notion that "All courses offered at community colleges are lower level courses" which is just not true.

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Are any upper level courses available at local community colleges?

If so are they a cheaper alternative?

The cheapest/easiest place to get UL RA credit is APUS:
https://catalog.apus.edu/undergraduate/a...bachelors/

Definitely not the cheapest place to get UL RA credit. Many state schools cost far less for in state students. FHSU is only $213 per credit out of state and that is RA credit and a university.

Some in-state schools may cost less than others, but many only have semester-based 16 week courses that start in the spring or fall; they may also not be set up for online.

I'd pay more for a self-paced course (although most are less than FHSU), and I'd also pay more for an 8-week term with rolling start dates.

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What's with the bold red font?

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What's with the bold red font?

It was starting to get long, and I tend to get lost when there's wording in the middle of stuff.  So just to try to show where I was in the response.