Addressing Concerns of Out-of-State Tuition

[Merlin]

I want to get my college degree from Thomas Edison State University and finish college as quickly as possible. My mom is objecting to this decision because Thomas Edison State University is out-of-state and we don't live in New Jersey so I will have to pay out-of-state. She is wrong about this because I only will have to pay for the capstone and for the application fee, graduation fee, and the residency waiver fee. All of the rest of the money will not even have to come from the college fund and it would all go to the very cheap or in some cases free exams I will need to take. In fact, I've already taken 4 CLEP exams that will give me 18 credits for a degree at TESU. I looked at a BSBA in finance degree plan as an example and found that it would only cost a total of $7,000. That is far less money than what I would pay for at a state school in my state and is very fast! My parents saved up $15,000 dollars and these degrees are under $10,000. 

To everyone here on Degree Forum, I need your help to mathematically prove to my mom that I can get a bachelor's degree from Thomas Edison State University and that I can get it in less than 1 year and a little as just a few months! Please help me!

Alternative education is definitely cheaper and can be faster as well. Though WGU can be cheaper and just as fast in the right circumstances. You can easily show her how much you'll save per credit by looking at a state school and then comparing against any of the online course providers like Study.com & Straighterline (which is less than $33 per credit if you can manage two courses per month) or even cheaper if you go with Saylor.org (just pay $25 proctor fee per 3 credit course) or OnlineDegree.com (just pay $9 proctor fee per 3 credit course). Obviously, you can also get free exams (well, reimbursed fee) with CLEP via Modern States. On top of that you save on the cost of tuition and school fees. The only additional cost is cornerstone, capstone, books (for the TESU capstone), and graduation fees (and residency waiver given you're out of state).

I don't know how old you are, but since you mentioned living with parents, I thought I'd throw this out there just in case. Some people don't realize this, but TESU requires all new students to be at least 21 years of age (18+ for military) to be admitted to the school now. They used to allow younger students, but they started cracking down on this earlier this year. If you're 21+ or expect to be at least 2-3 months before your target graduation date, then you should be fine. If not, you may want to look at COSC or Excelsior.