List each of the schools that offer the online degree in which you are interested. You will be compiling eight different pieces of information for each school listed. Either create a grid on the page with room to enter in each piece of information or leave enough space in between school names on the list.
Write or type in the following headings: "Credit Hours Required"; "Cost Per Credit Hour"; "Total Tuition"; "Enrollment Fees"; "Technology Fees"; "Other Fees"; "Total Fees"; "Total Costs."
Research the information required for each of the headings, other than the ones that start with the word "Total." Those will be calculations you do after getting the rest of the information.
Calculate the totals. "Total Tuition" equals "Credit Hours Required" multiplied by the "Cost Per Credit Hour." If this is per semester rather than for the entire degree, then multiply that total by the number of required semesters.
"Total Fees" equals the total of "Technology Fees" plus "Other Fees." Since these are almost always charged each semester, multiply that total by the number of semesters. Then add in the "Enrollment Fee," which is generally a one-time fee billed in the first semester.
"Total Costs" equals "Total Tuition" plus "Total Fees."
Compare the "Total Costs" between each of the schools.