The three types of students in a 40-hour RBT course (part 3)

The final group you'll likely see in a 40-hour certification course for future RBTs are students who have already decided to instead pursue certification as either a Board Certified Behavior Analyst or a Board Certified Assistant Analyst.

These students don't plan to work as RBTs for long, if at all. 

They see the RBT course as a stepping stone to a more advanced certification that requires a college degree. Thus these students have already decided to pursue a degree in psychology or a related field. (An RBT, by comparison, only needs a high school diploma.)

As a result, these students may want to consider taking their 40-hour online course through a university, despite the higher cost. For example, if you're enrolled in a psychology program at the City College of New York, you might want to pay $995 for the 40-hour course. Or if you're a student at the University of Kansas, you might want to pay the $149 that school charges.

But for anyone else -- like the folks we discussed in part 1 and part 2 of this series -- the wisest course of action is to take a $99 course.


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