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yu3zhou4 4 days ago

I was recently looking for a master's degree in math that is:

- 100% remote

- 100% self-paced

- fairly cheap

and it looks like Open University is the best option right now? Did you find any better option?

tombert 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I couldn’t find anything that ticks all those outside of OU.

University of Texas has one that looked pretty ok, but it was kind of expensive for a non-Texas resident.

University of Western Florida has one for “Mathematical Sciences”, which more or less fits, and it’s not even that expensive, but I think that one is synchronous.

yu3zhou4 4 days ago | parent [-]

Yeah, I wish there were more options than that. Also, remote phd or master+phd would be even better, but these are even more uncommon and pricey (unless you know about a one that is good and cheap and remote then I’d love to learn more)

tombert 4 days ago | parent [-]

I was doing the University of York online PhD in computer science (formal methods), and it was actually pretty great, but it was costing me like $17,000 per year, and it was a huge time sink when I was already working full time.

That said, if you feel like you're organized enough to pull it off, I do recommend looking into University of York. It's a very good school.

yu3zhou4 4 days ago | parent [-]

Thanks, that's actually useful and I will be happy to consider it once I have more spare time in life!

Why did you complete WGU masters in computer science after already having a PhD in computer science?

tombert 4 days ago | parent [-]

I don't have a PhD, I dropped it about a year ago; sorry, rereading my comment that was not made clear.

I wanted a graduate degree in CS, and I figured I could get the WGU one quickly.

yu3zhou4 4 days ago | parent [-]

Oh I get it now, thanks! Please let me know if you decide to enroll to math master's in OU, maybe we can help each other! I think I'll do the same on the next semester (so early 2026)

tombert 4 days ago | parent [-]

I actually just registered for it :) Assuming I'm approved I'll be starting in October.

Feel free to email me (address in profile) if you want to talk about it.

yu3zhou4 3 days ago | parent [-]

Thanks! Keeping fingers crossed for your success with this degree

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