| Every prospective student knows that the education | | | | individual class, but a major difference is that some |
| they obtain will certainly be worth the costs that | | | | of the modern education programs that teach online |
| must be incurred to learn and graduate, but most | | | | actually don't involve the use of any regular |
| people are still unsure of what the price of online | | | | textbooks. The cost savings can be significant and |
| degrees may involve. | | | | for people that prefer something they can read |
| When comparing the possible expenses to traditional | | | | away from a computer, most of the applications will |
| education, or even when comparing them to not | | | | allow the information to be printed out as necessary. |
| becoming a student at all, it is important for individuals | | | | When considering all of the various costs, it is |
| to understand what categories the majority of costs | | | | important for prospective students that are |
| will fall into. | | | | considering distance education to realize that they will |
| Hector Milla Editor of the "Online Degrees In USA" | | | | not be paying for the same expenses as students |
| website -- -- pointed out; | | | | attending traditional programs. While child care may |
| "…All schools whether on of offline are going to | | | | still be necessary, many single mothers are able to |
| require some type of tuition or fees for enrolling as a | | | | complete their college degree online by taking their |
| student, but it is important to realize that universities | | | | time and doing it as they can with their current |
| that offer online degrees should charge much less for | | | | schedule. Internet access is often all that is required |
| several reasons. Traditional colleges and schools must | | | | and most computers can certainly handle the |
| pay for maintenance staff, security, their buildings | | | | requirements of the various applications that will be |
| and classrooms, and a long list of other expensive | | | | used. |
| items. One of the aspects that makes distance | | | | "…It is difficult to tell exactly how much an |
| learning programs so affordable is the fact that there | | | | affordable online degree will cost because there are |
| is much less overhead involved with such a concept | | | | so many factors that influence the total number of |
| in comparison to a typical college or university. The | | | | expenses. Different programs may be more than |
| tuition and fees of distance learning options can | | | | others, but almost all of them provide a unique |
| normally be as little as 10-20% of that of other | | | | opportunity to complete a program of study at a |
| educational opportunities…" | | | | fraction of the cost of any other option…" added H. |
| Most learning institutions must charge for books and | | | | Milla. |
| other materials that may be required by each | | | | |