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[quote=Anonymous]I have one alternative to offer, that is both respectable and at in-state/affordable tuition levels:

UVA and VA Tech have masters-degree level classes held at the UVA/VA Tech Center next to West Falls Church Metro (Orange Line).  I'd strongly recommend it if you are looking into masters studies.  It has been around for quite a number of years and is a very solid option.

Some of the other local universities have also set up locations, so that professionals can take evening classes without disrupting their commutes too much.  GWU has a number of these centers- in Ballston, Clarendon, and a number of other locations.  (Pricey, though.)

(Just as an aside-- convenient places for classes, to make it feasible for working/commuting people are a great thing IMO.  But the great proliferation of these centers is an idea taken from U of Phoenix, Kaplan, etc--- to have classes convenient to the highest amount of tuition-paying people.  It is worrisome to me that GWU, etc, are expanding so much, advertising in the "Express" for their degree and certificate programs--- it would seem that it will water down the value of a degree from there.

There is such an obvious education bubble.  It makes me sort of ill to see all the lobbying for higher loan limits "to help the students get access to education," when it is obvious that universities will continue to raise tuition rates for as long as loan limits continue to be raised.  Sad to see that happening-- now students are carrying so much debt, when college prices don't need to be high like they are.)[/quote]

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