New TESU Residency Requirement!!! 16cr, TECEP's do not count?!?

[sanantone]

I was just looking at the credit requirements and read 16 cr required. If that is the amount for the Bachelor degree, that's a bargain compared to the current 24. Hypothetically, if I enroll before March 31. Does that mean we will be subject to the requirements before the implementation date of April 1? Darn, COSC seems a bit more appealing now. *Sigh*.

I'm pretty sure the 16 credit residency requirement is coming at the same time as the removal of TECEPs and portfolio assessments as meeting the residency requirement. So, it's not a bargain. TECEPs and portfolio assessments were the cheap way of meeting the residency requirement. Starting April 1st, you'll have to take online or guided study courses or e-Packs at $499 per credit hour.

It looks like the amount of the Residency Waiver fee is the key to determining if this is a bad deal or a good deal. You'll have to take their Cornerstone course ($300), Capstone ($525 x 3 = $1,575), pay the $75 application fee, and the the $323 graduation fee, and probably something I'm forgetting. This is roughly $2,273. You're only other costs would be the costs of courses and tests from CLEP, DSST, StraighterLine, ALEKS, etc. At around $100 per course that is ~$4,000 (assuming 40 courses @ 3 credit hours each). That's ~$6,273 if the Residency Waiver fee is $0. Still... a four year degree for under $10,000 is a bargain.

Matriculated, out-of-state students pay $499 per credit hour under the Per Credit Tuition Plan starting April 1st.

That $2,273 you mention would be in addition to the current $3,296 Out-of-state Waiver fee, making it closer to $5,600 in addition to whatever school expenses accrued up to that point, correct?

The waiver fee is for the Per Credit Tuition Plan. The $3,296 enrollment fee is for the Enrolled Options Plan.

I am in the process of enrolling at TESU and was planning on making it official before the end of March to lock in a plan/path, with the Per Credit Plan and 24 credits worth of TECEPs as residency requirement. Before the updates on TESU's website today, was there a residency requirement with the Enrolled Option Plan? The current page on the website doesn't mention any, and searching the forum is not turning up anything.

There is no residency requirement for the Enrolled Options Plan.