10 Low-Cost Online Colleges for Out-of-State Students
The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall
rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of
providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate
programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The
Short List: College, The Short List: Grad School and The Short List: Online
Programs to find data that matter to you in your college or graduate school
search. As more colleges and universities launch online undergraduate degree
programs, many prospective students are weighing multiple options.
During that process, cost is among the top factors they
consider, according to a 2017 survey by Aslanian Market Research and the
Learning House, a company that helps colleges and universities create online
programs. For out-of-state students, there are many low-cost options when it
comes to online bachelor's degrees, in some cases being even more affordable
than in-state schools. Among the 145 ranked online colleges that submitted
these data to U.S. News in an annual survey, the College of Coastal Georgia
tops the list of the cheapest for out-of-state students during the 2017-2018
school year. The school charges $136 per credit, for a total program cost of
$16,320.
To put things in perspective, a prospective student from
Utah would pay less for the College of Coastal Georgia than for Utah State
University, which reported to U.S. News that it charges in-state residents $250
per credit in 2017-2018 for a total cost of $30,000.
The average cost per credit among all ranked online
bachelor's programs is $441 for 2017-2018, while the average total tuition and
fees amount to $53,650, U.S. News data show. Among the 10 cheapest online
colleges per credit for out-of-state students, the average figure is
significantly lower: $198 per credit and $25,166 total.
On the opposite end of the spectrum are more expensive
online bachelor's programs for out-of-state students, such as Coastal Carolina
University in South Carolina. The school charges $1,070 per credit, or a total
of $128,400 for 120 credits. Prospective students should keep in mind that most
students enroll in online bachelor's programs with some college credits already
completed. In contrast to most face-to-face programs, online programs typically
charge by credit rather than semester. Below is a list of the undergraduate
online programs where out-of-state students had the lowest cost per credit during
the 2017-2018 school year. Unranked schools, which did not meet certain
criteria required by U.S. News to be ranked, were not considered for this
report.
School name (state)Out-of-state cost per creditCredits needed to graduateOut-of-state total program costU.S. News rank
| College of Coastal Georgia | $136 | 120 | $16,320 | 71 (tie) |
| Valley City State University (ND) | $177 | 120 | $21,240 | 138 (tie) |
| Framingham State University (MA) | $189 | 120 | $22,680 | 264-346 |
| University of West Georgia | $199 | 120 | $23,880 | 243 (tie) |
| Georgia Southern University | $204 | 126 | $25,704 | 115 (tie) |
| Oregon State University | $208 | 180 | $37,440 | 6 |
| Arkansas State University | $210 | 120 | $25,200 | 259 (tie) |
| Fort Hays State University (KS) | $213 | 120 | $25,560 | 35 (tie) |
| University of Alaska—Fairbanks | $223 | 120 | $26,760 | 192 (tie) |
| University of Texas of the Permian Basin | $224 | 120 | $26,880 | 234 (tie) |
U.S. News surveyed more than 350 colleges and universities
for our 2018 Best Online Bachelor's Programs rankings. Schools self-reported
myriad data regarding their academic programs and the makeup of their student
body, among other areas, making U.S. News' data the most accurate and detailed
collection of college facts and figures of its kind. While U.S. News uses much
of this survey data to rank schools for our annual Best Colleges rankings, the
data can also be useful when examined on a smaller scale. U.S. News will now
produce lists of data, separate from the overall rankings, meant to provide
students and parents a means to find which schools excel, or have room to grow,
in specific areas that are important to them. While the data come from the
schools themselves, these lists are not related to, and have no influence over,
U.S. News' rankings of Best Colleges, Best Graduate Schools or Best Online
Programs. The tuition data above are correct as of Jan. 9, 2018.
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