Heads up: Residency Waiver Fees MAY go up July 1st

[scorpion]

I'm taking another look at TESU costs. Correct me if I'm wrong but it actually looks like it's a bit cheaper to forget about the SDC discount & just go with the flat-rate tuition - taking at least 16 credits @ TESU to avoid residency waiver fee.

SDC Partnership Discount/ TESU Per Credit Tuition (6 credits @ TESU): $50 application fee + $2,800 residency waiver + $298 graduation fee + $2,274 (cost for 2 courses) = $5,422

No SDC Partnership Discount/ TESU Flat Rate Tuition: (16 credits @ TESU): $50 application fee + $4,928 flat rate tuition + $298 graduation fee = $5,276.

Maybe I just realized most people oppose the flat-rate tuition because you need to take so many courses in about 3 months.

It is cheaper if you take enough credits. The SDC per-credit breakeven is at about 13 credits, so you can save $1136 by taking 16 credits (maximum per-term amount before overload) on the flat rate plan. That's what I did in my degree plan.

TESU also recently dropped the credit cutoff for entering the flat-rate plan to nine credits instead of ten, so it's easier to qualify.

Be careful if you have an affiliation code on your student profile (corporate choice, Study.com, etc), it will count as per-credit pricing instead of switching to the flat-rate plan.

I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you're very confident about what you can achieve. 16 credits in the same 12-week term is a lot of work. You can make this a little easier on yourself by taking e-Packs, but you're still committing to at least four or five classes at once.