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[rachel83az]

Aloha all!
     My husband and I are both looking at getting our bachelors with DANTES & CLEP amount other methods. He is looking at getting his degree in Liberal Arts because we have read that Liberal Arts is the absolute fastest method.

Liberal Arts can be fast but that doesn't necessarily make it the best choice. Personally, I'm working on a Computer Science degree and it shouldn't take me that much longer than it would take me to get a Liberal Arts/Liberal Studies degree. What are you two wanting to do with the degree? A BALS degree is very generic and doesn't open as many doors as a specific degree would. I'm not trying to knock people who do decide that a BALS is right for them but you need to look at more than just ease when it comes to getting your degree.

A Liberal Arts degree is not necessarily the fastest.  A business degree is fast too and a lot more useful.

If speed is a priority for you, then you be doing it wrong with CLEPS/Dantes.  Sophia would be at least 2x faster. 

The only thing I would take a CLEP for is English comp or something I could pass with zero studying which wouldn't be much.

I second LevelUP's suggestion. A business degree can be had relatively quickly, especially with the use of Sophia. With TESU, 70+ Lower Level credits can be gotten from Sophia. COSC and Excelsior also accept Sophia credits, but TESU is generally better for military personnel as stated by bjcheung77. Sophia can be completed in 4-6 months very easily (possibly even faster, depending on how much time you have). That'd be $316-$474 for each of you ($79 per month/each). You not only have to consider the financial cost of Sophia but also your time/stress investment. With the pandemic still raging on and test centers mostly being closed, you're going to be saving yourselves a lot of headaches and hassles by getting your general education credits (and some business credits!) done through Sophia rather than trying to schedule CLEP/DSST testing.