Grad Schools That Accept NA Credit

[jsd]

bjcheung77: Outside of them being NA (which makes it difficult enough as it is to transfer), what makes them more difficult than other NAs to transfer?

[kevinmane]

It appears UoPeople MBA's courses are pretty specific for getting a MBA through strictly UoPeople only.
So I think bjcheung77 is implying that if you hypothetically took a few UoPeople courses and were able to find a Non-Profit RA institution that would take NA credits (which doesn't exist), that the courses would likely not be similar-enough to that school's courses.

Overall, the discussion is moot for the following reasons:

1) The OP may have been told false information because even For-Profit RA colleges do not take NA courses "right off the bat". Not even University of Phoenix accepts NA credits for transfer. In fact, the only two schools (that are essentially the same school) that accept NA credits for transfer are AMU and APUS. (From their website: "APUS defines Traditional Transfer Credit as: Academic - earned through an accredited institution of higher learning with Regional and/or National Accreditation.")

2) No Non-profit RA schools will accept NA credits for transfer.

3) Most RA schools, including for-profits, will not accept ANY credits for transfer for their graduate programs. They are very few and far between.

4) UoPeople doesn't admit everybody. It wants you to take the courses with them so you can FINISH with them. They probably wouldn't let you in the program if you knew you were trying to just do a few classes with them and run to another school.

I think the BEST possible alternative has already been suggested:

1) Review APUS's MBA courses.
2) Review UoPeople's MBA courses.
3) Compare the two and see if any of those UoPeople courses could possibly transfer.
4) Contact APUS and ask if UoPeople's MBA courses could transfer for the APUS MBA.
5) If APUS says yes, then try to get into UoPeople, take the courses, and then transfer 'em to APUS - and then finish with them.

I think that's the ONLY way to work it, if it can even be done.
I know APUS is for-profit but they have a good reputation and they're pretty reasonably priced - and their MBA is ACBSP-accredited (not as good as AACSB, but hey, it's better than nothing - some schools' MBA have none besides the RA).

Otherwise, I personally don't see another option - and the aforementioned one above is a longshot as it is.

If you can get into UoPeople, you might as well see if a NA MBA will satisfy what you want to do with it. At $200/course, I wouldn't WANT to transfer anywhere else if it didn't matter if it was NA or RA.

Good luck!

[jsd]

2) No Non-profit RA schools will accept NA credits for transfer.

I agree with your overall point, and your advice is solid. Just wanted to point out here that WGU is a non-profit and they accept NA credit for their undergrad programs. This is moot for this discussion, since they don't accept any transfer (RA or otherwise) for their graduate programs, but some non-profits will accept NA in some capacity. Even Excelsior will let you petition for some NA credit. It's ultra rare, and I'm definitely not an NA apologist. But WGU and Excelsior are likely not the only places to do this (but good luck tracking them down -- even WGU doesn't openly advertise this).

[videogamesrock]

I'd email APUS since UotP is not in their transfer database. Although real easy and flexible to work with, it would be prudent to double check before enrolling.

[sanantone]

Liberty University is non-profit and accepts NA credits in transfer. Liberty will accept up to 15 credits in transfer for its MBA, so it is incorrect to say that no non-profit, RA school will accept NA credits. However, like someone else said, it would be cheaper to complete a whole MBA at a cheaper school.

[videogamesrock]

UNR UNLV and NSC will accept NA credits and are non profit

[kevinmane]

Liberty University is non-profit and accepts NA credits in transfer. Liberty will accept up to 15 credits in transfer for its MBA, so it is incorrect to say that no non-profit, RA school will accept NA credits. However, like someone else said, it would be cheaper to complete a whole MBA at a cheaper school.

Forgot about Liberty! Good call!
You're right though.
Liberty University is $465 per credit and their MBA is 36 credits.

Even if you took 15 UoTP credits for $1,000 (5 3-credit courses @ $200/course), the remaining 21 credits you take at Liberty would be over $10Gs (including books and registration, etc).
So the overall cost of the degree would be over $11k.

WGU and Patten would be a lot less if you finished in a year.
Amberton would be $9k if you took all 12 courses through them.
Not to mention a bunch of other schools where you could get a Non-Profit RA MBA from start to finish for less than $10Gs.

So unless there's some non profit RA school that 1) accepts ANY graduate transfer to begin with, 2) accepts NA credits, and 3) is cheaper than all other schools previously mentioned - I think the best bet is to just
1) Get a NA MBA from UoTP
or 2) just go to a cheaper RA Non Profit school to begin with.

[cookderosa]

Forgot about Liberty! Good call!
You're right though.
Liberty University is $465 per credit and their MBA is 36 credits.

Even if you took 15 UoTP credits for $1,000 (5 3-credit courses @ $200/course), the remaining 21 credits you take at Liberty would be over $10Gs (including books and registration, etc).
So the overall cost of the degree would be over $11k.

WGU and Patten would be a lot less if you finished in a year.
Amberton would be $9k if you took all 12 courses through them.
Not to mention a bunch of other schools where you could get a Non-Profit RA MBA from start to finish for less than $10Gs.

So unless there's some non profit RA school that 1) accepts ANY graduate transfer to begin with, 2) accepts NA credits, and 3) is cheaper than all other schools previously mentioned - I think the best bet is to just
1) Get a NA MBA from UoTP
or 2) just go to a cheaper RA Non Profit school to begin with.

OP has received that advice a few times already, but maybe the third time is a charm lol?

[Yenisei]

Very interesting to find out what sanantone posted about Liberty. The calculus is different for active duty military or veterans.

[sanantone]

Very interesting to find out what sanantone posted about Liberty. The calculus is different for active duty military or veterans.

There's also a smaller discount for public safety employees and volunteers.