“The 25 colleges with the lowest annual tuition rates from the Top Online Colleges report earned a spot on the 2017 Most Affordable Online Colleges for Student Economic Mobility ranking, published to OnlineU.org.”
PRWeb | August 17, 2017
“In addition to evaluating schools’ support for student economic mobility, all college tuition rates were manually researched by SR Education Group. The average annual tuition for the most affordable list is $9,186, with Fort Valley State University ranking #1 at only $5,859 a year. South Texas College, ranked #8 for affordability, boasts the highest mobility rate percentile at 99.3.
SR Education Group also highlights the Top 15 Online Schools for Economic Diversity and Upward Mobility. Economic diversity is determined based on the percentage of undergraduate students awarded Federal Pell Grants – subsidies provided to students with financial need who have not yet earned a bachelor’s degree. The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley tops the list with a mobility rate percentile of 98.8 and a Pell Grant rate of 64%. Six schools from the top 15 also ranked for affordability: The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley, The University of Texas at El Paso, South Texas College, Florida International University, Monroe College, and Fort Valley State University.” Read more…