> staff required for administration, courseware development, instructors, and test proctoring These costs are not exactly negligible, though they are much less

> staff required for administration, courseware development, instructors, and test proctoring These costs are not exactly negligible, though they are much less than the prices charged by private 4-year colleges. The average community college tuition and fees is only $3400 [0]. That's fairly close to the "free market" cost of providing tutoring, creating new tests, test grading, and other administrative fees. So, I think the real reason is that there is not much of a market to be had since---if you don't need the signaling, research, or social aspects of a 4-year college---community colleges already offer an arguably superior product for what would be a similar price. [0] https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/college-costs/college-costs-faqs https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/college-c...