Survey Ranks Consumer Best Buys Online Colleges - Psychology

GetEducated.com, LLC, http://www.geteducated.com , has released national affordability rankings of universities that offer online bachelor degrees in psychology, social science and human services. The university rankings are based on a survey of 37 regionally accredited universities that offer degrees in human service career areas.

Essex Junction, VT (PRWEB) July 31, 2007 -- GetEducated.com, LLC, http://www.geteducated.com , has released their national rankings of online colleges that offer undergraduate degree majors in psychology, human services and social services. The college rankings are based on a survey of 37 regionally accredited universities that offer distance bachelor degrees.

Colorado State University Pueblo ranks #1 on GetEducated.com's Best Buy list for their distance bachelor's in social science and sociology. Applicants will pay a remarkably low rate of about $11,880 for the entire 4-year bachelor's degree.

Thomas Edison State College of New Jersey's bachelor's in psychology, social sciences, and sociology ranked number two as the most affordable option at $14,350 (New Jersey Residents); just over $21,000 for others. Adams State College of Colorado took the number three spot at $14,600 for online learners.

By comparison, the average cost for a distance bachelor's in human services career areas came in at just above $32,000.

The most expensive distance degrees for human service professionals included Drexel University (New York) at $76,500, Mercy University of New York ($71,000), University of Great Falls (Montana) at $58,800, and the University of Phoenix of Arizona at $59,280.

A complete list of GetEducated.com's Top Ranked Best Buys can be viewed at the clearinghouse's website at http://www.geteducated.com/rankings/best_bachelorspsy.asp

"Distance education is all about making education more accessible, especially for working adults in need of career specific higher education," comments GetEducated.com's founder and chief education analyst, Vicky Phillips. "The cost of college is a huge inhibiting factor for most Americans. Colorado State University Pueblo is to be lauded for taking the initiative in making higher education more affordable, and therefore more accessible, for learners nationwide."

This is not the first time a Colorado State University campus distance learning initiative has ranked as a top choice for consumers. Colorado State University's Graduate School of Business rated as a GetEducated.com Best Buy among distance MBA programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Consumers can cost compare all their accredited online degree options by cost, admission standards, and major areas by downloading a FREE copy of the clearinghouse's new PDF ebook: GetEducated.com's Best Distance Learning Undergraduate Schools at http://www.geteducated.com/guidebooks/bdlus_psy.asp

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Founded in 1989, GetEducated.com, LLC is the safest place in cyberspace to shop for an online degree ™. The clearinghouse publishes America's most trusted series of 100% free ebooks to online colleges and issues distance degree ratings and rankings based on nationwide surveys. Owned by higher education professionals, the clearinghouse's mission is to help consumers get educated about quality online degrees. Education analysts employed by the site analyze, evaluate, rank, rate, and compare distance degree options nationwide, including the online MBA, and distance masters in education, justice and law, engineering and computer science. The clearinghouse's free service, the Diploma Mill Police, helps protects consumers from online degree fraud and degree mills.

Contact:
Goldie McPike
Information Services, GetEducated.com, LLC
Essex Junction, VT. 05456
802-899-4866
Website: http://www.geteducated.com

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