Purdue University will launch three under-$25,000 online master’s degrees in engineering on the edX platform.
The growing stable of online degrees offered for under $25,000 by nonprofit education provider edX is set to expand with three new degrees from Purdue University.
Purdue will join institutions such as the Georgia Institute of Technology, Indiana University, Arizona State University and Boston University in offering master’s degrees on edX priced well below the institutions’ comparable in-person programs.
Two of the three Purdue degrees — a master’s in electrical and computer engineering and a master’s in mechanical engineering — are already being offered online through Purdue’s West Lafayette campus. The online master’s in civil engineering will be developed from scratch.
Purdue has long offered massive open online courses through edX, but the engineering programs will be the first time the two parties have partnered to offer a full degree.
Gerry McCartney, executive vice president for Purdue Online, said that edX approached Purdue officials around six months ago to ask if they would be interested in striking a deal.