Advice please for Best Degree for CAA Route

[Hotdogman1]

No one can sugarcoat the pathway to becoming an AA, CRNA! Taking a Sophia course or a CLEP exam does not cut it! Plain and simple, it is a rigorous program with a competitive admission process. The only alternative is attending medical school and getting accepted into an anesthesiology residency program. It requires hard work and sacrifice! I believe the OP understands this, having a few years of experience as an anesthesia technician.

Regarding your comment about males in a "female-dominated" career, that is not an issue, and it reflects the ignorant conceptions so many have about the nursing profession. News flash: Nurses no longer breastfeed babies! As a male nurse and nurse practitioner for the past 30 years, I feel professionalism is key, and there are hundreds of specialties in which to find a niche in nursing where one can be happy. It has been a great career, and I wouldn't change a thing!

The criticism of the “female-dominated” comment I made is fair. I was mainly interested in Audiology, Optometry, and CAA school. Due to the fact these programs had similar course prerequisite requirements, I was in a position where I could apply any within a year. I looked into CRNA because of the similarity with CAA, but I would be realistically 4 years off before I met the minimum requirements for the program so I didn't look into it further after researching the pathways and outcomes. My friend is a NP and she told me her program was mostly female, but I shouldn't have just assumed that applied to the rest of the industry or to CRNAs at all.

A few points though.
I wrote my post because I felt your initial post was sugarcoating and oversimplifying the process. Where did you get "a few years of experience as an anesthesia technician" from OP's post?
"Commitments: Cybersecurity job working remote but my job is not stressful, No family , in a relationship."

When I mentioned 'accelerating' in my post, I never once mentioned CLEP or Sophia. It was from the context that if you "accelerate" the education and complete everything within 6-8 years, you will lack practical RN experience.