Posts by Dave Bergman:

Best Online Universities Under $300 Per Credit

Posted on: 23 Jan 2026

Per-credit tuition under $300 is a meaningful affordability threshold for an online bachelor’s degree. At that price, a full 120-credit degree tops out at approximately $36,000 before financial aid, which is roughly half the published cost at many private nonprofit online universities and competitive with in-state public flagship tuition. For working adults, military-affiliated students, and […]

How Adult Students Can Graduate With Minimal Debt

Posted on: 22 Jan 2026

Student debt is one of the most cited reasons working adults talk themselves out of going back to school. It is a reasonable concern on its face. Higher education costs have risen steadily for decades, and the headlines about loan burdens are hard to ignore. But the debt picture for working adults in online programs […]

Aramark Tuition Reimbursement: Online Degrees for Aramark Employees

Posted on: 22 Jan 2026

Aramark runs an unusual two-track education benefit that inverts how most employers structure tuition support. At most companies, salaried and corporate employees get the more generous education benefits while hourly workers get little or nothing. Aramark flipped that pattern. Hourly frontline workers get full tuition coverage toward an online bachelor’s degree at Arizona State University […]

Cleveland Clinic Tuition Reimbursement: Online Degrees for Cleveland Clinic Employees

Posted on: 22 Jan 2026

Cleveland Clinic is a global academic medical center with more than 82,600 caregivers (the term Cleveland Clinic uses for all employees), 20,700 registered nurses and advanced practice providers, and operations across Ohio, Florida, Las Vegas, Toronto, Abu Dhabi, and London. As one of the most respected nonprofit hospital systems in the world, Cleveland Clinic draws […]

Sam’s Club Tuition Assistance: Online Degrees for Sam’s Club Employees

Posted on: 22 Jan 2026

Sam’s Club associates share an education benefit with their Walmart colleagues, but the promotion path at a 150,000-square-foot warehouse club looks different from the path at a Walmart Supercenter or Neighborhood Market. The roles are different. The operational tempo is different. The member services model is different. And that means the most useful way to […]

Dollar General Tuition Assistance: Online Degrees for Dollar General Employees

Posted on: 22 Jan 2026

Dollar General operates over 20,000 stores across 48 states, with the overwhelming majority in rural communities and small towns where post-secondary education options are often limited. Nearly 300,000 employees work across these locations in positions ranging from sales associates and assistant store managers to district managers and distribution center workers. For employees who want to […]

Which Online IT Degree Has the Best Career Outlook?

Posted on: 20 Jan 2026

Information technology is one of the strongest employment sectors in the U.S. economy by every measurable dimension: job growth rates, median wages, unemployment rates, and long-term demand projections. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects computer and information technology occupations to grow at roughly four times the national average for all occupations through 2034. But that […]

Boeing Learning Together: Online Degrees for Boeing Employees

Posted on: 20 Jan 2026

There is one specific feature of Boeing’s education benefit that separates it from essentially every other major U.S. employer tuition program. For eligible STEM degree and certificate programs at hundreds of partner schools, the Learning Together Program (LTP) has no annual funding cap. Not $5,250. Not $15,000. Not $25,000. No cap at all. Boeing pays […]