BAin4weeks 2022?

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How fast can you test out of a degree?

Depends on 3 factors
1. How many hours are you going to study per week?
2. How efficient are you in studying?
3. Which alt credit provider is the quickest and easiest to test out of?

Alt Course Providers
CLEPs which I have done many aren't fast to do. They take 10-20hrs each. Still a lot faster than in-person classes which is why college students should use them to same time/money on school. Best for low-hanging fruit like English Comp, Analysis Lit, College Math, or any course you could test out of with almost no studying. 

If you can pass the CLEP or Peterson practice exam, then you can pass the CLEP easily. Check out Peterson Master the CLEP guide.

Study.com limits you to 5 courses per month, so in 1 month and 1 day, you could do 10 courses at most. 

Saylor is cheap but a waste of time as it takes a long time to study for those exams and there is a high failure rate.

Straigherline could be fast for some people with the open book tests though it will get expensive. 

OnlineDegee is cheap but takes a long time and there is a timer set for each video that you must watch. Some of those courses could take 40 hours to do. This is NCCRS credit which most schools don't take.

Sophia is generally going to be the fastest/cheapest method for most people.

TESU College
For TESU, you, in theory, could gather up your credits fast, then take the cornerstone/capstone. You then have a choice of cruising through the cornerstone/capstone taking 10hrs a week for 3 months or spending 30hrs a week and finishing it in a month.  

So 1 month to gather up credits + 1-month cornerstone/capstone = 2 months minimum time in theory.

However, you will need 24RA credits, so you add the time it takes to get those through TECEPs or other means. TESU works best for people transferring in RA credit from another college.

UMPI College
UMPI, you could gather up the credits, then take 3 months to complete the degree. (1.5 sessions)

PUG College
This college has a professional studies degree that in theory could be pretty quick. I got a PHP cert in one day and that one cert is worth 7 courses or 39 credits at PUG. We haven't had anyone that reported back on that degree yet so it's not clear how fast it would take to do 8 courses at PUG. Maybe 2-3 months?

WGU College
Someone did a computer science degree in 2 months at WGU after they gathered up the max transfer credits. However, just doing the Calculus course could take some people 1-2 months to do.

Conclusion
Generally, we tell people that you can get a degree in 6-12 months if you put 20 hours a week into your studies. 

Check out the sample degree plans on the Wiki, sign up for free to Sophia, and give some courses a try. You should be able to do the math how long it will take you.