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Total cost for different degree

Their degree cost:

Computer Science – B.S. Degree $4,060

Business Administration – A.S. Degree $2,060

Business Administration – B.S. Degree $4,060

Computer Science – A.S. Degree $2,060

Health Science – Community and Public Health Track – A.S. Degree $2,060

If you can add this information to the article. People may get the impression that the degree cost few hundreds of dollars, but it is more like a few thousands of dollars.

it' normal, this article is an ADVERTISEMENT !!!!

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Invented number of students

UoPeople claims to have more than one hundred thousand students, and so do plenty of promotional articles all over the Internet. If this number is true, why did WASC, which is an official source being a regional accrediting body, verify a very different number (about 5,000)? Also, it's funny that UoPeople reps now delete WASC, after claiming for a long time that "WASC will accredit UoPeople". —Mᵒdᵘlᵃtᵒ.📩 04:50, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

this is why we should use third party sources, not primary ones.Slatersteven (talk) 12:44, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The problem here is that the vast majority of online articles simply copy-paste a number invented by UoPeople and used chiefly for advertising purposes (huge font in the main section of the homepage). —Mᵒdᵘlᵃtᵒ.📩 05:16, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WASC provides IPEDS as the data source. IPEDS reported a Fall 2019 enrollment of 5,043 and currently reports a Fall 2020 enrollment of 43,722. The Fall 2021 numbers will not be available until Fall 2022. SimoneBilesStan (talk) 05:48, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Time Magazine source should be just fine. A perfectly reliable source [1]. Weatherextremes (talk) 06:01, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No, because the real "source" is one of UoPeople's usual press releases, full of unsubstantiated and hyperbolic claims, which is even linked in the article. —Mᵒdᵘlᵃtᵒ.📩 18:51, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No, this a reliable source as per wiki policy. The primary sources from UoPeople state 117k students while the article says around 100k students. Weatherextremes (talk) 07:22, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

And, indeed, the linked UoP press released doesn't even say 100,000. It says "The university currently enrolls more than 76,000 students from 200 countries – 6,000 of which are refugees – and expects to surpass 100,000 students by fall." Black Kite (talk) 10:51, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am linking the most recent UoPeople primary source on student numbers [2] There presently are more than 117,000 students enrolled from more than 200 countries and territories. Over 10,000 of these students are refugees.* Weatherextremes (talk) 13:51, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WASC states that the total is 4,041 + 1,185 = 5,226. On the other hand, the online Time article (which might be sponsored, as usual) simply refers to a UoPeople press release, which multiplies that number by 20 just for advertising purposes and fails to provide evidence to substantiate its claims and/or to show that WASC is wrong. —Mᵒdᵘlᵃtᵒ.📩 10:12, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]