ESC is $2807.50 for 16 credits (1 semester) - altho one-time fees are not included (about $400 if I recall). TESC charges $3243 to graduate last I checked if you transfer in everything, so if you want to complete your last year at ESC, it's worth it to do some math on the costs. The cost for just graduating from TESC is equal to the cost for 16 UL credits from ESC. Essentially, for the cost of the next semester ($2807) of 16 credits & meeting your residency requirement, you get 32 credits vs TESC. This works out to be about $87/hr. It's unlikely to be quite this simple, but now you get an idea of where I'm coming from.
If you can fulfill your degree requirements with super low cost options (CLEP, DSST, ECE, ACE, AP, etc), or perhaps even with community college level tuitions - then the big three may be cheaper. However, if you're wanting to include any sort of math, sciences, or fairly STEM-type stuff in general, then you'll most likely need to enroll somewhere (if cost is a concern). At this point, ESC is one of the better options out there. I priced the total cost of a fairly hardcore (ie something that you could get into grad school with) Mathematics B.A. from there last year, including the cost of all credits necessary (LSU, ALEKS, SL, CLEP, DSST), it was a bit over $8k.
If you can fulfill your degree requirements with super low cost options (CLEP, DSST, ECE, ACE, AP, etc), or perhaps even with community college level tuitions - then the big three may be cheaper. However, if you're wanting to include any sort of math, sciences, or fairly STEM-type stuff in general, then you'll most likely need to enroll somewhere (if cost is a concern). At this point, ESC is one of the better options out there. I priced the total cost of a fairly hardcore (ie something that you could get into grad school with) Mathematics B.A. from there last year, including the cost of all credits necessary (LSU, ALEKS, SL, CLEP, DSST), it was a bit over $8k.
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