Reading through this board for cheap grad schools but don't see MITx or Coursera???

[sanantone]

Coursera and edX programs have been discussed a lot on this forum. I don't find Micromasters or Mastertrack programs to be attractive if they only transfer into expensive schools. Plus, admission is not always guaranteed, so the certificates are worthless if you can't get into the program you planned to transfer to. What I consider cheap is less than $15,000 for the entire degree program. Unless you're in the MBA program, FHSU is less than $11,000 for a 36-credit master's degree. Harvard Extension doesn't offer an MBA.

The best and cheapest degrees offered via Coursera and edX don't utilize Mastertrack or Micromaster certificates. Also, some of these programs you can transfer into are not 100% online, so you have to factor in the cost of traveling and staying at a hotel or Airbnb.

I went through quite a few of them and ASU/other state schools are much cheaper. ASU's comp sci MS is 15k minus whatever you pay for the fasttrack. The Ivies especially are expensive, but still a LOT less expensive than I thought they'd be. They're doable just with grad loans. It matters to a lot of people because of the prestige. The Penn comp sci seemed very interesting. It was made for non-IT majors and basically had open enrollment, but cones with a huge price tag.

We've had threads on UPenn's MS in Computer and Information Technology. We've had threads on almost all the online Ivy Plus programs because there weren't that many at first. The UPenn program was started years ago, so that's probably why you didn't see a thread. 

https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...u-bachelor

Below is the thread I created over three years ago on the MasterTrack certificates. 

https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...asterTrack

My MicroMasters thread from 2016, but there are also more recent ones. 

https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...s-programs