Final UoPeople / University of the People Degree Plan

[TaraD2020]

I just want to make everyone on this thread  aware that the University of the People has officially become regionally accredited through WASC!  Any degrees conferred after 2/14/25 will hold this accreditation!  

110% happy with my choice to obtain my Bachelors degree through this University!  If the admins would like, I can offer assistance to anyone commenting on an official posting about this, to provide look into the degree process and courses.

Congratulations, and we’d welcome any advice you’d share!

The most important, because everyone is always in a rush.....If you transfer 90 credits from alternative sources (Sophia is a partner), the degree will take 1 year, taking two courses per term, due to first term requirements and prerequisites.  So its not the fasted option, but I found the pace to work for me.

[LisbetLaB]

After making MANY degree plans, and considering several different online schools, I officially went with University of the People / UoPeople!  What worked for me, may not work for others, but below is the degree plan I drew up.


https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...sp=sharing

A few comments.  I am NOT in a rush to complete a BA, I am on a VERY limited budget, and wanted to transfer max credits.  I will be done December 2024.  UoPeople has a partnership with Sophia, and transfer fees are waived for up to 20 courses!

My final total for a Bachelors in Business Administration is:

Application Fee - $60.00
Transfer per course $17 x10 - $170.00
Course Assessment Fees $140 x10 - $1,400.00 (Paid when courses are completed, not up front)
BA Total @ UoPeople - $1,630.00

If you add in my 2 months of Sophia, the total is: $1,768.20

As a note, I have been in business and marketing for 26 years, so my resume is led off of experience, not degree.  Basically, I wanted to fulfill the check box, and UoPeople did that for me.  Yes, they are NA accredited vs RA accredited at the moment, BUT are in the process of RA.  With that said, I have worked in recruiting, and I had NEVER seen accreditation be questioned for a regular business job.  Background checks just confirm a potential employee did in fact receive the degree.  And, I have already researched that if I chose to get my Masters, WGU accepts UoPeople BA, under NA accreditation.  If you want UoPeople BA to eventually do Masters and then Doctorate, you have a bit more work to do researching your options, I cannot provide that information. 

Hope this helps someone.

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Hello,
I am thinking about applying to the University of the People as well. Did you get credit for the UICU Digital Marketing Certificate? What did you think about the UOP program?

Thanks