With this change, remote online students will pay $34,717 a year to take online classes, out-of-state students who study on campus at Ohio State will pay nearly the same - $35,019. In reality, there are legitimate costs pressures on online courses that don’t exist on campus, making it very difficult to design and deliver good online programs inexpensively. Maybe the costs of the programs isn’t why Ohio State moved on their online prices. Maybe they’re just looking for ways to get a few more dollars into their balance sheets, or something else. Whatever the reason, when a school of Ohio State’s size moves their remote, online classes in line with their in-person ones, that’s big news. Or at least is will be.
