The world's first tuition-free online university University of the People
www.uopeople.edu
University of the people is a tuition-free online university for students from all over the world. Learn more about University at the People!

If you’re considering doing online college, check to see if they offer your program!

They also offer certificates!

So check it out, and make sure to let other folks know who are interested in these types of programs. At least in the US, it can save tens of thousands of dollars, so it’s worth researching!

EDIT: To clarify, their accreditation is national, which will mean you won’t be able to transfer credits to regionally accredited intuitions. This is not entirely unusual for online only college, but should be considered. So I will leave this as my parting word, if you are considering an online college that only has national accreditation, please consider this one instead of that one, as this one I will bet money is cheaper.

And here is estimated fees: According to the University of the People, they charge no tuition fees but students must pay some administrative fees to cover course assessments, ranging from $2,460 for an associate’s degree (two years) to $4,860 for a bachelor’s degree (four years). These include processing fees for applications and final exam assessments.

  • sumofchemicals@lemmy.world
    10·
    1 year ago

    I’m a fan of the concept. Two notes:

    While the name has noble intentions, it’s a horrible choice in terms of conveying “this is a respectable institution and you should hire this person.” Obtaining the knowledge should be enough, but we all know part of why we choose the educational institutions we do is to help get a job, and some schools are viewed more favorably than others. “University of the People” sounds hippy dippy and fake.

    Second, if you like this model you might consider looking at Western Governor’s University. It’s regionally accredited (ie. the kind you want), online, and the name seems like it would be more appealing at first glance to employers.

      • sumofchemicals@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, I guess it is kind of an old phrase. Basically something a more conventional or conservative person might say about something that’s impractical/naive/overly idealistic. You can imagine like a 60s American dad saying it about tie dye kids

    • ericbomb@lemmy.worldOP
      22·
      1 year ago

      Western governor’s, at a glance, appears to be about 8 times more expensive, just on the tuition alone. Who knows how much the rest is.

      So in this case you pay less, but you get a lesser accreditation. Might not work for everyone, but I wish more people were aware of UOPeople as an option since I feel like there are a couple type of people that could benefit from it.

      1. People who don’t know what they wanna do but feel like they need to get into college (May as well do it cheap as dirt)
      2. People who due to financial situation won’t go to college any other way (Millions of people are begging for debt forgiveness because their degrees didn’t help them at all)
      3. People who were planning on going to online college with a similar level of accreditation, can save like 40 grand by going here instead.
      4. Those who want the more structured learning experience of college as that’s how they learn, but aren’t as concerned with the name.
      5. Industry vets who are required to get some sort of degree for whatever reason like it’s required by stupid HR and need to check a box.

      So my main note to anyone reading this, DO NOT pay full college prices to any university with only the national accreditation. There are a ton of them. If you’re going to one with only the distance learning accreditation, it better be at a STEEP discount (like my beloved UOpeople).

      As for the name I can only shrug. Fingers crossed they are able to get their regional accreditation that they dream of and then some positive coverage makes them a house hold name, cause yeah the name sounds a “little” fake.