2U Powered Degrees Pricing Chart: 112 Programs from $20K – $200K
How much do Degrees powered by 2U actually cost? Class Central has the answer.
TL;DR
- 20% of 2U powered degrees would end up costing the learner north of $100,000
- At $201K, Doctor of Physical Therapy from USC is the most expensive
- Principal Licensure Preparation Program from University of Dayton is the cheapest at $20k
- 112 Online Degrees from 30 universities.
- Universities with most degrees: Syracuse, Pepperdine, and USC.
At the end of July, 2U announced a massive strategy shift centered around edX. Here is how I summarized the strategy shift:
- Reduce expenses by reducing personnel and by closing offices.
- Adopt a new marketing framework, using edX’s organic reach and moving away from paid ads.
- Lower tuition costs, leading to an increase in enrollments.
The goal is to increase profitability by reducing expenses as well as revenues. Based on LinkedIn posts, the company has already undergone two rounds of layoffs, first at the beginning of August and then at the end of the same month.
The “Lower tuition costs” caught my attention. One thing that wasn’t easy to find is how much degrees powered by 2U cost. Last year, in a post titled “Affordable Online Education is Better for Students and Better for Our Business” by the 2U CEO, there was no mention of any actual pricing.
Even in the “Affordability” section of 2U’s 2020 Transparency Report, the costs of degree programs are given in cost per credit. Short Courses and Bootcamps are presented as full price.
So, I decided to find out and document the full cost of degrees powered by 2U. In future, it will help us identify which degrees actually lowered their cost (if any) and to what extent.
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According to 2U, “2U’s partners are solely responsible for setting tuition rates for their programs. 2U does not set prices.” But it’s hard to believe that the company that invests millions of dollars to launch these degrees, and then takes a majority of the share of the revenue, has no influence over the pricing.
2U Powered Online Degrees Pricing Summary
Masters | Doctorates | |
Total | 99 | 12 |
Median Price |
$66.5K | $106K |
Min Price |
$34K | $56K |
Max Price | $126K | $201K |
Class Central’s analysis found 112 programs from 30 universities in total: 99 Masters, 12 Doctorates, and one Principal Licensure Preparation Program (worth $20k). You can find the full list of degrees and their prices in the table below.
Here are the universities with the most online degrees:
- Syracuse University – 18 degrees
- Pepperdine University – 10 degrees
- University of Southern California (USC) – 9 degrees
- University of Dayton – 8 degrees
- American University – 7 degrees
Most Expensive 2U Powered Degrees
Overall, 2U has 18 degrees that are over $100,000 in tuition fees, and an additional 6 degrees which are within touching distance of $100k.
The most expensive degrees powered by 2U are as follows:
- $201K: Doctor of Physical Therapy from USC
- $171K: Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) from St. John Fisher University
- $170K: Doctor of Nursing Practice from Georgetown University
- $135K: Juris Doctor (J.D.) from University of Dayton
- $128K: Doctor of Education in Organizational Change and Leadership from USC
- $126K: Master of Business Administration from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- $121K: Master of Arts in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from NYU
- $120K: Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University
- $117K: Doctor of Education in Leadership and Learning in Organizations from Vanderbilt University
- $116K: Arcadia DPT Online
Methodology
2U publishes a list of partners and their programs here. My colleague, @suparn, programmatically collected all the degrees in their list. EdX’s degrees were not mentioned on this page.
Then, I went one by one, visiting each degree’s landing page, and navigated to their “Tuition and Financial Aid” section. In some cases, tuition fees were mentioned outright, while for others, I had to calculate it.
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The data collected is purely for analysis and I had to make some assumptions. There will also be additional fees on top of tuition fees and not all universities communicate this amount in the same way. For readability, I have rounded the numbers.
If you are a prospective student, please take a look directly at the degree website and/or contact the admissions office.
2U Powered Online Doctorates Pricing Chart
Degree | Price |
Arcadia DPT OnlineArcadia University | $116K |
Doctor of Education in Learning and Organizational ChangeBaylor University | $96K |
Doctor of Nursing PracticeGeorgetown University | $163K – $175K |
Doctorate of Social Work OnlineSimmons University | $56K |
Post-MSN to Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)Simmons University | $56K |
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)St. John Fisher University | $171K |
Doctor of Education in Leadership for OrganizationsUniversity of Dayton | $73K |
Juris Doctor (J.D.)University of Dayton | $135K |
Doctor of Education in Organizational Change and LeadershipUSC | $92K – $128K |
Doctor of Physical TherapyUSC | $201K |
Doctorate of Social WorkUSC | $86K |
Doctor of Education in Leadership and Learning in OrganizationsVanderbilt University | $117K |
2U Powered Online Masters Pricing Chart
Degree | Price |
Master of Arts in International RelationsAmerican University | $76K – $82K |
Master of Business AdministrationAmerican University | $90K |
Master of International Service for Experienced ProfessionalsAmerican University | $50K – $63K |
Master of Science in AnalyticsAmerican University | $62K |
Master of Science in International Relations and BusinessAmerican University | $67K |
Master of Legal StudiesAmerican University | $67K |
Master of Science in Marketing AnalyticsAmerican University | $62K |
Master of Public HealthBaylor University | $73K |
Master of Science in Communication Sciences and DisordersBaylor University | $83K |
Master of Social WorkBaylor University | $66K |
Master of Social WorkCase Western Reserve University | $95K |
Master of Science in Communication DisordersEmerson College | $73K |
Fordham Master of Science in FinanceFordham University | $59K |
Master of Science in ManagementFordham University | $59K |
Master of Science in Strategic Marketing CommunicationsFordham University | $64K |
Master of Social WorkFordham University | $62K |
Master of Studies in Law in Corporate ComplianceFordham University | $60K |
Master of Health AdministrationGeorge Washington University | $90K |
Master of Public HealthGeorge Washington University | $81K |
Master of Science in Management of Health Informatics and AnalyticsGeorge Washington University | $81K |
Master of Science in NursingGeorgetown University | $104K |
Master’s in Social WorkHoward University | $66K |
Master of Arts in Counseling and GuidanceNYU | $97K |
Master of Arts in Counseling for Mental Health and WellnessNYU | $121K |
Master of Science in Communicative Sciences and DisordersNYU | $97K |
Master of Arts in CounselingNorthwestern University | $45K |
Master of Arts in Clinical PsychologyPepperdine University | $120K |
Master of Arts in PsychologyPepperdine University | $85K |
Master of Business AdministrationPepperdine University | $104K |
Master of Dispute ResolutionPepperdine University | $75K |
Master of Laws in Dispute ResolutionPepperdine University | $61K |
Master of Legal StudiesPepperdine University | $75K |
Master of Science in Applied Behavior AnalysisPepperdine University | $65K |
Master of Science in Business AnalyticsPepperdine University | $61K |
Master of Science in Human ResourcesPepperdine University | $53K |
Master of Science in Management and LeadershipPepperdine University | $71K |
Master of Business AdministrationRice University | $113K |
Master of Architecture Online (M.Arch.)Rochester Institute of Technology | $100K – $135K |
Master of Public HealthSimmons University | $68K |
Master of Science in Behavior AnalysisSimmons University | $47K |
Master of Science in NursingSimmons University | $60K |
Master of Social WorkSimmons University | $73K |
Master of Science in Data ScienceSouthern Methodist University (SMU) | $57K |
Master of Science in NursingSt. John Fisher University | $46K – $53K |
Executive Master of Public AdministrationSyracuse University | $54K |
Master of Business AdministrationSyracuse University | $97K |
Master of Science in Applied Data ScienceSyracuse University | $61K |
Master of Science in Business AnalyticsSyracuse University | $65K |
Master of Science in CommunicationsSyracuse University | $65K |
Master of Science in Communications ManagementSyracuse University | $71K |
Master of Science in Computer EngineeringSyracuse University | $54K |
Master of Science in Computer ScienceSyracuse University | $54K |
Master of Science in CybersecuritySyracuse University | $54K |
Master of Science in EntrepreneurshipSyracuse University | $54K |
Master of Science in Information ManagementSyracuse University | $76K |
Master of Science in Information Management for ExecutivesSyracuse University | $54K |
Master of Science in Library and Information ScienceSyracuse University | $65K |
Master of Science in Library and Information Science: School Media (specialization)Syracuse University | $65K |
Master of Science in Professional AccountingSyracuse University | $50K – $87K |
Master of Science in Supply Chain ManagementSyracuse University | $54K |
Master of Social WorkSyracuse University | $67K |
Master of Social WorK – Advanced StandingSyracuse University | $67K |
Dual LL.M in U.S. Law and Transnational Legal PracticeTecnológico de Monterrey | $67K |
Master in Business AdministrationTecnológico de Monterrey | $40K |
Master of Global Business AdministrationTufts University | $84K |
Master of Public HealthTufts University | $79K |
Master of Science in Health Informatics & AnalyticsTufts University | $55K |
Master of Business AdministrationUCL | $50K |
Master of Information and CybersecurityUC Berkeley | $73K |
Master of Information and Data ScienceUC Berkeley | $75K |
Master of Business AdministrationUC Davis | $105K |
Master of Applied Behavior AnalysisUniversity of Dayton | $41K – $58K |
Master of Business AdministrationUniversity of Dayton | $51K – $64K |
Master of Business AnalyticsUniversity of Dayton | $47K |
Master of Science in Education in Educational LeadershipUniversity of Dayton | $34K |
Master of Science in Education in Educational Leadership with Principal LicensureUniversity of Dayton | $54K |
Principal Licensure Preparation ProgramUniversity of Dayton | $20K |
Master of Arts in School CounselingUniversity of Denver | $71K |
Master of Business AdministrationUniversity of Denver | $83K |
Master of Library and Information ScienceUniversity of Denver | $57K |
Master of Science in Data ScienceUniversity of Denver | $54K – $67K |
Master of Social WorkUniversity of Denver | $92K |
Master of AccountingUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $52K – $70K |
Master of Business AdministrationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $126K |
Master of Public AdministrationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $54K |
Master of Public HealthUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $73K |
Master of Arts in TeachingUSC | $60K |
Master of Arts in Teaching – Teaching English to Speakers of Other LanguagesUSC | $51K |
Master of Education in School CounselingUSC | $105K |
Master of Science in Integrated Design, Business and TechnologyUSC | $81K |
Master of Science in NursingUSC | $100K |
Master of Social WorkUSC | $86K |
Master of Engineering in Engineering ManagementVanderbilt University | $67K |
Master of Science in Computer ScienceVanderbilt University | $67K |
Dual Master of Laws in U.S. Law and Transnational Legal PracticeWashington University in St. Louis | $67K |
Master of Laws in TaxationWashington University in St. Louis | $65K |
Master of Laws in U.S. LawWashington University in St. Louis | $65K |
Master of Legal StudiesWashington University in St. Louis | $65K |
Master of Legal Studies in TaxationWashington University in St. Louis | $65K |
Physician Assistant Online ProgramYale | $115K |
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