There is an even cheaper way to do it, that I'm AMAZED doesn't get more attention. Credit by exam. The two options I used, that covered one year of school for

There is an even cheaper way to do it, that I'm AMAZED doesn't get more attention. Credit by exam. The two options I used, that covered one year of school for me, in about 4 months... CLEP and DANTES. CLEP - http://clep.collegeboard.org http://clep.collegeboard.org DANTES - http://getcollegecredit.com http://getcollegecredit.com the tl;dr version: take exam on $SUBJECT, pass exam, get credit. The fine print: a. the exams cost money, typically $100 - 150 b. there is typically a limit on how many credit-by-exam credits a receiving institution will accept (for me, it was 30 semester hours, or 1 year's worth) - for how many and which credits you can get - you need to research with the receiving institution!!! c. Usually, these are NOT easy exams, but the margin for passing exams varies, but typically it's a ridiculously low margin, like 50-60%. I guess the rationale is that the average college student retains only 50-60% of the material they were taught, at best. (my conjecture, not fact!) TOTALLY doable!!!