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What are your collective thoughts about the “University of Phoenix”? My brother recently enrolled and is set to start classes on April 21st. From what I understand they have an online program called Axia and would only required to meet on campus on the first and last days of each semester.
Having attended an online school, and realizing how much of a waste of both time and money they can be I’m naturally skeptical. Don’t get me wrong, I know most, if not all, major universities have distance learning programs. It’s just that doing a quick search while trying to find information resulted in a lot of bad press and just as many bad reviews of the school.
The school is also extremely expensive in my opinion
I just don’t want him to pay for an education and only get a degree at as much as 3 times the cost of a community college.
Having attended an online school, and realizing how much of a waste of both time and money they can be I’m naturally skeptical. Don’t get me wrong, I know most, if not all, major universities have distance learning programs. It’s just that doing a quick search while trying to find information resulted in a lot of bad press and just as many bad reviews of the school.
The school is also extremely expensive in my opinion
“Apollo officials say Axia's price is appealing to students seeking an online degree. At $265 to $285 per credit hour, compared with $475 a credit hour at University of Phoenix Online, Axia ranked as the least expensive online program for an associate's degree in a survey by Lehman Brothers published in late May.
Nationwide, the average for community colleges is about $2,000 a year, Gallagher said. That compares with Axia's stated cost of about $6,300 a year, he said.
"Are 18- to 22-year-old students going to pay three times as much for the convenience of doing it online?" he said. "That's what the University of Phoenix has been founded on.” http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/0605biz-axia0605.html [Broken]
I just don’t want him to pay for an education and only get a degree at as much as 3 times the cost of a community college.
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