Online college courses are popular, why do they still cost so much?

Online college courses are popular, why do they still cost so much?

Emma Bittner considered getting a master’s degree in public health at a nearby university, but the in-person program cost tens of thousands of dollars more than she had hoped to spend.So she checked out master’s degrees she could pursue remotely, on her laptop, which she was sure would be much cheaper.The price for the same degree, online, was … just as much. Or more.“I’m, like, what makes this worth it?” said Bittner, 25, who lives in Austin, T…