This is not college related but the Midland Borough (PA) School District had to close its high school after it got to expensive. Finding that busing kids to an Ohio school was not a satisfactory answer it started a cyber-school.

It’s now a state-wide institution with 9,000 students and meets all state targets for academic performance.

The point is that it really doesn’t make sense to spend a quarter-million dollars to get a certification when equal if not better knowledge and skills implied by that certification can be found at a fraction of the cost.