| California College Promise Grant (CCPG) CA | Tuition waivers | Waives enrollment fees for eligible California community-college students; books and other attendance expenses remain. | Choose the application for your attendance year and confirm the college’s processing timeline; Los Rios lists the 2026–27 form for summer 2026 through spring 2027. | Free if eligible |
| College Credit Plus at Columbus State OH | High-school dual enrollment | Eligible, approved CCP courses can earn high-school and college credit without tuition. Funded hours and course approval must be confirmed; home-school families pay for textbooks, and other course or travel costs can remain. | Different steps have different deadlines. For 2026–27 nonpublic/home-school funding, the full-year window was February 1–April 1 at 5 p.m.; the state separately lists September 1–November 1 at 5 p.m. for spring 2027 only, with notification by December 6. Public-school intent is separately listed as April 1; a missed deadline needs school advice. College registration and no-penalty withdrawal dates depend on the course/term. This is not one universal application cutoff. | Free if eligible |
| Modern States · Freshman Year for Free National option | College credit for less | Free self-paced CLEP preparation, with a voucher after qualifying coursework and request approval. The voucher covers the specific earned CLEP exam and, according to the provider, remote proctoring; a test-center charge may need separate payment and reimbursement. The college decides whether any credit is awarded. | Courses are self-paced; use the expiration date in your voucher email. Submit any eligible test-center reimbursement within one year of the exam date; no universal exam date is established. | Free if eligible |
| Saylor ACE-recommended credit exams National option | College credit for less | Saylor charges no tuition or transcript fee for this route. The required proctoring service costs $5 per exam session. A passing credit exam earns an ACE recommendation for possible transfer, not automatic college credit. | Exams are self-scheduled rather than tied to one application deadline. Check the selected course’s ACE recommendation expiration and credit-exam availability before booking. | Low cost |
| TESU undergraduate degree completion National option | Reduced tuition | Effective August 2026, TESU lists full-time flat tuition for 9–18 credits per term at $3,595 for New Jersey residents or $4,652 for out-of-state students. Fewer than nine credits use per-credit tuition; credits above 18 add an overload charge. Other fees and remaining degree requirements still apply. | Confirm the intended term and current registration/refund calendar with TESU. Admission and an academic evaluation come before a reliable remaining-course plan; no single degree-completion application deadline is established here. | Low cost |
| UMPI YourPace undergraduate degrees National option | Reduced tuition | For academic year 2026–27, UMPI lists YourPace undergraduate tuition at $1,800 per eight-week session, with flat tuition regardless of the number of courses completed in that session. Your total depends on the sessions you actually need; this is tuition, not a guaranteed all-in degree price. | Confirm the intended session and all admissions/transcript steps with YourPace before registering. No session-specific application cutoff is established by this record. | Low cost |
| UNA Accounting Career Completion courses National option | Professional credential education | The reviewed Fall-2026 programme offers online accounting courses at $550 per three-credit course: $525 tuition plus a $25 nonrefundable processing fee, including electronic study texts. This is a course price, not the total cost of a CPA licence. | Fall-2026 completed applications and payment are accepted through October 31, 2026. This is the course intake cutoff; the December coursework and later grade-release dates are separate. | Low cost |
| WGU BS Business Management National option | Reduced tuition | WGU’s table for six-month terms starting October 1, 2026 lists BS Business Management tuition at $3,850 per term. Tuition is term-based rather than per-credit; this is not the complete degree bill or a promise of how many terms you will need. | Most WGU programmes start around the first day of a month, with exceptions. Confirm the intended Business Management start, transcript cutoff, intake interview and payment/aid arrangements with an Enrollment Counselor. | Low cost |