Texas State University System Has $10,000 Degree Plan

Reeve Hamilton:

The Texas State University System is the state's third major university system to announce the development of a bachelor's degree that only costs $10,000 -- a response to Gov. Rick Perry's 2011 call for more affordable higher education offerings.

Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College, an upper-division college in the Texas State University System, has partnered with Southwest Texas Junior College to create a new "10K Scholars Program." Its degree model, which will become available in fall 2013, appears to be something of a hybrid of the previous two models introduced in the state.

Texas A&M University-San Antonio partnered with Alamo Colleges to offer a bachelor's of applied arts and sciences in information technology with an emphasis on computer security. In order to keep costs down, students must earn an associate's degree while still in high school and then take advantage of the lower costs at one of the Alamo community colleges before proceeding to A&M-San Antonio. At the University of Texas-Permian Basin, a $10,000 degree can be earned entirely at the institution for students who qualify for the new Texas Science Scholar program, essentially providing them a merit scholarship that caps their tuition.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 27, 2012 1:59 AM
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