| The rising of education cost makes college education | | | | helping students to reduce the cost needed in |
| become more and more expensive; especially in | | | | purchasing printed books and references. Students |
| today's bad economy situation where students are | | | | don't need to travel back and forth the campus by |
| hardly get a loan to finance their study. It may stop | | | | attending classes online through internet connection, |
| some of students from pursuing a higher education | | | | saving them time and money on transportation. For |
| due to unaffordable education cost. Thanks to the | | | | students who take the traditional path to earn their |
| available of online education that makes college | | | | degree at the brick-and-mortar university, they may |
| education more affordable and becomes a better | | | | need to relocate to the area near the school if they |
| option for students to earn a degree online. | | | | leave far away. The relocation cost can be saved if |
| According to college education & funding survey | | | | they choose the alternative education option and |
| reports found, the results show that college tuition | | | | earning their degree online. With online education, |
| fees have increased by over 400 percent from year | | | | distance does not matter, any school that offers |
| 1982 to 2007 while households' income rose below | | | | online degree programs can be reached at a mouse |
| 150%. Situation may become worse following the bad | | | | click. |
| economy that leads to a recession, which may put | | | | Generally, the tuition fee for online degree is cheaper |
| higher education out of the reach for most students. | | | | than the same degree cost in campus-based school. |
| An alternative education option is needed and online | | | | Since most of teaching materials are in online format |
| education is the solution, it makes college education | | | | and the classes are done through the online learning |
| more affordable. | | | | system which does not require physical classroom |
| Online education has been around for years providing | | | | setting, most schools are afforded to offer the online |
| an alternative option for students for earning their | | | | degree in cheaper way without scarifying the |
| degree. Online degrees have been wisely accepted in | | | | teaching quality. Online education provides a more |
| job market, most online students have no problem to | | | | affordable channel for students to pursue a degree |
| use their online degree to start their career or find a | | | | from their computer through internet connection. |
| job. During economy up-time, online education is an | | | | Summary |
| alternative; students can choose to pursue their | | | | The education cost has risen 3 times faster that the |
| degree either online or at a brick-and-mortar | | | | household's income, stopping more students from |
| university. However, when comes to a recession, the | | | | pursuing higher education due to unaffordable |
| education cost is the key consideration factor for | | | | education cost. The online education helps to reduce |
| many students, online education become a great | | | | the total cost in the ways of reducing some major |
| option for students to pursue a degree at an | | | | expenses, making it a more affordable education |
| affordable cost. | | | | option, meeting the tight budget for many students |
| Online education saves cost in a variety of ways. | | | | in the time of recession. |
| Most of learning materials are in downloadable format, | | | | |