Final UoPeople / University of the People Degree Plan

[TaraD2020]

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.

[LevelUP]

Access denied for Google Sheets.

UMPI is still cheaper at $1500 if you can finish in one term.

Going to UOP is much like SNHU traditional online college with deadlines. It will take about 10 months to complete a degree there with max transfer.

[ivanswk78]

think your transfers class is miscalculated,
need to transfer 30 class then balance 10 class
my sample

[Vle045]

I think the OP intentionally put 10. As she said, 20 are transferred for free…

[bjcheung77]

Depending on your commitments, time management, I will pretty much repeat this from LevelUP: UMPI is still cheaper at $1500 if you can finish in one term.

Going to UOP is much like SNHU traditional online college with deadlines. It will take about 10 months to complete a degree there with max transfer.

Side Note: Good luck, have fun, it won't really matter which way you go, NA/RA as long as you're able to get a degree of your choice an it gets to your goal.  You may want to read up on posts on here or reviews on U of People as there have been some pushback and slack going their route.  

BTW, I just got a PM the other day to write a Public Service Announcement informing the board and the sister board, reasons not to enroll and I'll compare that with other reasons to enroll.  This person ultimately paid the admissions fee and was unable to get a refund, they felt cheated.

[ss20ts]

How do you feel about peer grading from students whose first language isn't English? I ask because peer grading is part of U of the P. Personally, I am not a fan. I've seen many people have problems with it. Even just working on a team project I see the same problems and purposely avoid classes with team projects.

[TINASAM]

Depending on your commitments, time management, I will pretty much repeat this from LevelUP: UMPI is still cheaper at $1500 if you can finish in one term.

Going to UOP is much like SNHU traditional online college with deadlines. It will take about 10 months to complete a degree there with max transfer.

Side Note: Good luck, have fun, it won't really matter which way you go, NA/RA as long as you're able to get a degree of your choice an it gets to your goal.  You may want to read up on posts on here or reviews on U of People as there have been some pushback and slack going their route.  

BTW, I just got a PM the other day to write a Public Service Announcement informing the board and the sister board, reasons not to enroll and I'll compare that with other reasons to enroll.  This person ultimately paid the admissions fee and was unable to get a refund, they felt cheated.

That person should realize that the majority of application fees are nonrefundable in higher education.

[TaraD2020]

think your transfers class is miscalculated,
need to transfer 30 class then balance 10 class
my sample

Yes, that's what I said.  I transferred 90 credits - 30 courses.  I have 30 credits remaining - 10 courses.

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Access denied for Google Sheets.

UMPI is still cheaper at $1500 if you can finish in one term.

Going to UOP is much like SNHU traditional online college with deadlines. It will take about 10 months to complete a degree there with max transfer.

I was not confident that I could finish in one term, so two turns into $3k right away.

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Depending on your commitments, time management, I will pretty much repeat this from LevelUP: UMPI is still cheaper at $1500 if you can finish in one term.

Going to UOP is much like SNHU traditional online college with deadlines. It will take about 10 months to complete a degree there with max transfer.

Side Note: Good luck, have fun, it won't really matter which way you go, NA/RA as long as you're able to get a degree of your choice an it gets to your goal.  You may want to read up on posts on here or reviews on U of People as there have been some pushback and slack going their route.  

BTW, I just got a PM the other day to write a Public Service Announcement informing the board and the sister board, reasons not to enroll and I'll compare that with other reasons to enroll.  This person ultimately paid the admissions fee and was unable to get a refund, they felt cheated.

I've had no issue with UoPeople experience thus far.  I actually ended up paying $510 for my transfer of 30 courses, but found out about the Sophia partnership and they refunded me $340 within a week, providing me with the 20 courses free of transfer fees, as stated.  It took me one email, and one follow up.  All handled before I got my credit card statement.

I think anyone who can clearly handle their own affairs and communicate efficiently, encounter limited issues.

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Access denied for Google Sheets.

UMPI is still cheaper at $1500 if you can finish in one term.

Going to UOP is much like SNHU traditional online college with deadlines. It will take about 10 months to complete a degree there with max transfer.

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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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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!  I transferred the max of 30 courses (90 credits) and have only 10 courses (30 credits) remaining.  Currently taking my first two courses, and I am very happy with everything.  I attached a PDF of my degree plan, as the link seems to not be working.

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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Depending on your commitments, time management, I will pretty much repeat this from LevelUP: UMPI is still cheaper at $1500 if you can finish in one term.

Going to UOP is much like SNHU traditional online college with deadlines. It will take about 10 months to complete a degree there with max transfer.

Side Note: Good luck, have fun, it won't really matter which way you go, NA/RA as long as you're able to get a degree of your choice an it gets to your goal.  You may want to read up on posts on here or reviews on U of People as there have been some pushback and slack going their route.  

BTW, I just got a PM the other day to write a Public Service Announcement informing the board and the sister board, reasons not to enroll and I'll compare that with other reasons to enroll.  This person ultimately paid the admissions fee and was unable to get a refund, they felt cheated.

Also, just want to note, it is clear that there is a $60 non-refundable application fee.  I don't know why someone would send you a PSA about NOT choosing this option because they didn't get a refund, on something clearly stated as non-refundable.

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How do you feel about peer grading from students whose first language isn't English? I ask because peer grading is part of U of the P. Personally, I am not a fan. I've seen many people have problems with it. Even just working on a team project I see the same problems and purposely avoid classes with team projects.

Personally, I have read a ton of comments on how to handle this.  I have so far, received top ratings on everything I have submitted.  If you did the work, and you are graded incorrectly, you email your instructor and they review and re-grade.  Pretty simple, honestly.

[Joel_W84it]

Hi all , For start i would like to thank TaraD2020 for posting this degree plan, very helpful

I have a question about this plan, regarding my specific situation.

I am Portuguese and I live in Portugal (Europe union country ) and i want to peruse this exact program. Will i be able to graduate ? What difficulties i will encounter ?

[bjcheung77]

@Joel_W84it, Welcome to the board, it's great you're asking questions, but without providing details on your situation, it's going to be hard to answer. You will be able to graduate, you may not run into difficulties, but the main thing is, the recognition in your own country of Portugal, University of People is NA/DEAC accredited and thus not all countries will accept it as is, RA institutions will not encounter this problem if any. Fill us in on your scenario by filling in the addendum and template here: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...Area-works