Cheap Bachelor Degrees
Bachelor's degrees can cost substantial amounts of money in America. According to Forbes, a bachelor's degree at the Columbia University, the most expensive Ivy League university, can cost as much as $43,815 a year. Some other colleges are even more expensive. However, you do not have to pay that much and there are many cheap, even free, bachelor's degrees.
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Northeast
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There are a number of cheap schools in the northeast, including Cooper Union and CUNY Medgar Evers College. Cooper Union, formally known as the Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science and Art, is located in the New York City. Peter Cooper, who founded the university in 1859, believed that higher education should be as "free as air and water." The college is free to attend, though its bachelor's degree is valued at $140,000, according to The Huffington Post. As a result, the school is very selective, accepting about 7 percent of the applicants.
CUNY Medgar Evers College, another college in New York, New York, costs $4,252.00 a year. This public college offers bachelor's degrees in accounting, business, biology, English, computer science, liberal studies and nursing.
West
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In the West, the cheaper colleges include Deep Springs College and San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus. Deep Springs College, located in Big Pine, California, is another college that offers free bachelor's degree in a work-study environment. However, the school admits only men. Students study for two years, after which they receive a full scholarship valued at more than $50,000 per year, which allows students to complete their bachelor's degrees in any other college. In addition to taking academic students engage in self-governance and work on the farm. San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus offers one of the cheapest bachelor's degrees. The school is located in Calexico, California, near the U.S.-Mexico border. The tuition fees stand at $3,022 a year. This university offers bachelor's degrees in computer science, criminal justice, history, mathematics, nursing and Spanish.
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South
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Schools with a cheap bachelor's degree in the South include Alice Lloyd College and Berea College. The Alice Lloyd College is located in Pippa Passes, Kentucky. It is free for most students to attend, particularly if you come from the Appalachian region of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. The total cost of tuition at the Alice Lloyd College with room and board is valued at $15,850, according to The Huffington Post. The costs are covered by the study-work programs that students at the campus engage in. The school offers Bachelor of Arts degrees in business administration, elementary education, English, English education, history, interdisciplinary studies, middle school education, physical education, social studies education and sports and fitness programs management. Bachelor of Science degrees are offered in biological science, education,
biology and physical science.
Berea College, founded in 1855, was one of the first college racially integrated college in the south. Located in Berea, Kentucky, the college provides free bachelor's degrees. To finance their education, the students, however, must work at least 10 hours per week in campus According to the The Huffington Post, the school's full-tuition scholarships are valued at $25,500 for the 2009-10 school year.
Midwest
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In the Midwest, the schools offering cheap bachelor's degrees include Saginaw Valley State University and University of Illinois at Springfield. Saginaw Valley State University, located in Saginaw Valley in Michigan, costs $6,258 to attend. It offers bachelor's degrees in English, music, philosophy, accounting, economics, agriculture, chemistry, physics, mathematics and health science. The University of Illinois at Springfield, located in Springfield, Illinois, costs $6,348.00 a year. Students can pursue a bachelor's degree in accountancy, business administration, economics, management and management information systems.
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