Online Learning Update

by GEORGE CHIDI, Peach Pundit

The institute has about 5000 graduate students enrolled right now, with about 2100 of them in master’s programs. About 240 of those are computer science master’s degree candidates. The inaugural class of online students — projected to be no more than 300 students — would instantly double the size of the program, at a net cost of about $3 million or one-fifteenth of the current departmental budget. If the program scales as administrators hope to 10,000 online students, with 5000 graduates contributing about half of a $6630 tuition payment every year, then Georgia Tech would bring in another $18 or $19 million a year before expenses. If it works, one might assume the school would expand it to other departments.

http://www.peachpundit.com/2013/05/29/georgia-techs-online-cs-masters-degree-branded-for-att-and-udacity-priced-for-dubai-and-bangalore/