The Duggars and CollegePlus

[sanantone]

Thank you... that is more what I was looking for...

@Sanantone, so... what I am asking in different words: (how come I get the feeling that neither of us are understanding each other) With the degrees you get, without paying for them, (except aleks and Clep/dsst etc.) are accepted and recognized just as if you got a degree through, oh say, Thomas Edison, Liberty, Columbia, etc.?

I didn't say the degrees are free, but you can, if the college is cheap enough, earn a degree without paying any money out of your pockets. It's called financial aid. Most accredited colleges participate in federal financial aid programs. If you or your family's income is low enough, you can receive grants that you don't have to pay back. The people on this forum are mostly earning their degrees from TESC, EC, and COSC by using ALEKS, CLEP, DSST, transfer credits, etc. Many of them have also received financial aid in the form of grants and loans from the federal government all without paying a penny to a coaching service such as CollegePlus.

My local community colleges, for example, are about $2,000 per year. If you qualify for the max Pell Grant amount of $5550, then you will have enough money to pay for tuition and books. You will probably have enough money leftover to pay for other things such as CLEPs. The school will charge tuition no matter what. The taxpayers are subsidizing the public colleges and paying for your grants, but no money would have to come from you.