Note: Liberty University requires 25% of the degree to be earned at Liberty University, thus 75% of the degree can be completed during or after homeschool and transferred in. Students who do that will save the most money and begin their studies at Liberty as a college senior.
What is a resourcefully planneddegree? In short, a cost map shows you how Homeschooling for College Credit in high school can be transferred into a specific college to save money. We’ll use alternative college credit sources that are accepted by this college to devise a strategic plan for your student. The cost map is a general outline that gets you headed in the right direction.
What a Resourcefully Planned Cost Map is NOT: It’s not a guarantee. This is an informed DIY plan using the college’s advertised transfer and credit acceptance policies.
Why DIY? As the parent of a high school student, you won’t have access to academic advisors or the registrar of a college, in addition, colleges don’t specialize in helping you avoid taking their classes! But, college transfer protocol and transfer policies are often available to the public, allowing teens to start earning college credit NOW that can be used LATER.
Where is Dual Enrollment? Since some families have free tuition through dual enrollment, while other families may not, dual enrollment has been completely left out of the plan. If you have dual enrollment available to you, you may want to use it.
Other costs: Colleges will have other costs beyond the scope of our basic tuition calculation. Application fee, graduation fee, technology fee, etc. are all fees that you should plan for when your teen eventually enrolls. To keep the playing field even, the rack rate listed above doesn’t include fees either – the numbers shown are straight tuition.
Rack Rate Tuition: $95,200
Resourcefully Planned: $26,066
$700 would be paid throughout high school for the first 88 credits (cash).
The remaining $25,366 due to Liberty once enrolled (apply for scholarships).
How to avoid student loan debt
Reduce the number of credits your teen must complete by doing as many of them as possible in high school. You’ll pay cash for these as you go.
Apply for Federal work-study, grants, and use savings/cash to cover the balance of tuition once they’re an enrolled student.
For every $100 of tuition you have outstanding, apply for 1 scholarship. (example: $2,000 tuition = apply for 20 scholarships)
Cost Map for Liberty University (Residential Program) (12/2018)
Requirement
Homeschooling for College Credit
Approximate cost taken during homeschool
$26,066
Cost if taken through Liberty Residential
$95,200
ENGL101
CLEP College Composition
$0*
$2,382
Communication Elective
DSST Tech Writing
$100
$2,382
Math 114 or higher
CLEP College Math
$0*
$2,382
Natural Science
CLEP Biology
$0*
$2,382
INFT110
CLEP Information Systems
$0*
exam attempt $0
$2,382 course
UNIV101
NA
$794
$794
INQR101
NA
$794
$794
Composition Elective
DSST Advanced English
$100
$2,382
Info Literacy Ele. CSIS110
DSST Mgmt. Info Systems
$100
$2,382
Info Literacy Ele.
NA
$2,382
$2,382
Research RSCH201
NA
$2,382
$2,382
Literature
CLEP Analyzing Interpreting Literature w/ESSAY
$0*
$2,382
Social Science Elective
CLEP Social Science and History
$0*
$2,382
Philosophy elective
DSST Ethics in America
$100
$2,382
12 cr. Christian Life and Thought Series
If waived, replace with CLEP/AP
Waived when transferring in >60 credits $0*
$9,528
12 cr. same foreign language
CLEP French, German, or Spanish
$0*
$9,528
Integrative Elective
NA
$2,382
$2,382
Western Civ 1&2
CLEP Western Civ 1&2
$0*
$4,764
US History 1 & 2
CLEP US History 1&2
$0*
$4,764
History elective
DSST Vietnam War
$100
$2,382
US History elect.
DSST Civil War
$100
$2,382
Euro History ele.
DSST Soviet Union
$100
$2,382
Electives
9 CLEP overage from biology, literature, social sciences
