MPA Credits Reccomendation

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I’m currently enrolled in a residential MPA program in the Midwest. You can transfer in up to 9 credits. The program director appears fairly flexible in accepting coursework from related fields (e.g., Sociology, Criminal Justice, Business).

Like many graduate programs, this one offers minimal scholarship funding — which I expected. While the per-credit cost isn’t outrageous, it’s also not the most affordable. I’m looking for recommendations on where I could earn some Public Administration or closely related graduate credits at a lower cost to transfer in. Ideally, I would like to take courses as a non-degree-seeking student to avoid a full application process, if that’s even an option. Thanks in advance.

Finding graduate-level credits to transfer is hard.  You could see if there are courses that will transfer from one of the edX MicroMasters programs (https://www.edx.org/masters/micromasters). The cost varies for each program, but can be as low as $150 per course.  Once you've found one you might be interested in, go down to "Courses in this program," then click the link to "View course."  Keep scrolling down, and you should find the package cost.