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These 14 Colleges Offer The Most Affordable Online Degrees

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The dreadful actions of some terrible for-profit companies have given America’s online education sector something of a bad name. That’s a shame because online education is a viable way to obtain worthy academic credentials from very real schools.

Quality online degree programs are available at ultra-prestigious colleges and — for the rest of us — at public and nonprofit schools which often offer tremendously inexpensive tuition prices.

Hot off the presses, OnlineU has just published its 2016 list of America’s most affordable online degree programs.

All the ranked schools are nonprofit institutions. Most of them are public schools.

Here are the top 14:

South Texas1. South Texas College in McAllen, Texas offers bachelor’s and associate degree programs as well as various certificates. Annual tuition: $3,450

Great Basin2. Great Basin College in Elko, Nevada offers bachelor’s and associate degree programs as well as various certificates. Annual tuition: $5,013

Darton3. Darton State College in Albany, Ga. offers bachelor’s and associate degree programs as well as various certificates. Annual tuition: $5,625

Western Governors4. Western Governors University is a Salt Lake City-based nonprofit, online school offering master’s and bachelor’s degree programs and some certificates. Annual tuition: $5,780

Fort Hays5. Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas offers master’s, bachelor’s and associate degree programs as well as various certificates. Annual tuition: $5,824

Georgia Southern6. Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga. offers doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s degree programs as well as various certificates. Annual tuition: $5,970

City Vision7. City Vision University is a Christian, online-only school in Kansas City, Mo. offering Master’s, bachelor’s and associate degree programs as well as various certificates. Annual tuition: $6,000

Delta State8. Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi offers doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s degree programs as well as various certificates. Annual tuition: $6,012

Arkansas State9. Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Ark. offers master’s, bachelor’s and associate degree programs as well as various certificates. Annual tuition: $6,480

Broward10. Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida offers bachelor’s and associate degree programs as well as various certificates. Annual tuition: $6,756

University of Arkansas11. The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark. offers doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s degree programs as well as various certificates. Annual tuition: $7,027

Fayetteville State12. (tie) Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, N.C. offers master’s and bachelor’s degree programs. Annual tuition: $7,178

Valley City12. (tie) Valley City State University in Valley City, N.D. offers master’s, bachelor’s and associate degree programs as well as various certificate programs. Annual tuition: $7,178

Caifornia Univ PA14. California University of Pennsylvania in California, Penn. offers doctoral, master’s, bachelor’s and associate degree programs as well as certificates. Annual tuition: $7,202

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(All school imagery courtesy of OnlineU.)

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