Posts: 10,965
Threads: 651
Likes Received: 1,878 in 1,164 posts
Likes Given: 442
Joined: Apr 2011
(09-13-2017, 09:48 PM)Life Long Learning Wrote: (09-13-2017, 03:23 PM)sanantone Wrote: (09-13-2017, 09:31 AM)jsd Wrote: Often times only "first time students" are calculated in grad rates, meaning no prior college credit. As we know, The Big 3+WGU don't really cater to first time students, so it skews the grad rate.
But, Excelsior's is far higher than COSC's. I still don't know how they got a 6-year graduation rate from a program that's less than six years old.
I could be wrong, but Excelsior opened a center in Washington DC for the School of Public Safety. That and 45% military maybe be two reasons? EC and COSC cater two very different populations.
Military would explain why there are less students at Excelsior taking out students loans. That's another factor that has nothing to do with the quality of the school or the cybersecurity program.
Graduate of Not VUL or ENEB
MS, MSS and Graduate Cert
AAS, AS, BA, and BS
CLEP
Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68
DSST
Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458
ALEKS
Int Alg, Coll Alg
TEEX
4 credits
TECEP
Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations
CSU
Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber
SL
Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I
Uexcel
A&P
Davar
Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc
![[-]](https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/images/collapse.png)
•
Posts: 1,681
Threads: 176
Likes Received: 365 in 264 posts
Likes Given: 1,035
Joined: Feb 2015
(09-13-2017, 10:08 PM)sanantone Wrote: (09-13-2017, 09:48 PM)Life Long Learning Wrote: (09-13-2017, 03:23 PM)sanantone Wrote: (09-13-2017, 09:31 AM)jsd Wrote: Often times only "first time students" are calculated in grad rates, meaning no prior college credit. As we know, The Big 3+WGU don't really cater to first time students, so it skews the grad rate.
But, Excelsior's is far higher than COSC's. I still don't know how they got a 6-year graduation rate from a program that's less than six years old.
I could be wrong, but Excelsior opened a center in Washington DC for the School of Public Safety. That and 45% military maybe be two reasons? EC and COSC cater two very different populations.
Military would explain why there are less students at Excelsior taking out students loans. That's another factor that has nothing to do with the quality of the school or the cybersecurity program.
I was thinking of the graduation rates! The military is huge into fielding new cybersecurity units in all of the branches.
Online Excelsior says it has enrolled as of Summer 2017:
241 MS in Cyberscurity
93 BS in Cybersecurity
35 BS in Cyber Operatons
52 MS/BS IT/Cybersecurity
http://www.excelsior.edu/about/fast-facts
Non-Traditional Undergraduate College Credits (634 SH): *FTCC Noncourse Credits (156 SH) *DSST (78 SH) *CPL (64 SH) *JST Military/ACE (48 SH) *CBA (44 SH) *CLEP (42 SH) *FEMA IS (40 SH) *FEMA EM (38 SH) *ECE/UExcel (30 SH) *PLA Portfolio (28 SH) *EMI/ACE (19 SH) *TEEX/ACE (16 SH) *CWE (11 SH) *NFA/ACE (10 SH) *Kaplan/ACE (3 SH) *CPC (2 SH) *AICP/ACE (2 SH) *Sophia/ACE (2 SH) and *FRTI-UM/ACE (1 SH).
Non-Traditional Graduate College Credits (14 SH): AMU (6 SH); NFHS (5 SH); and JSU (3 SH).
•
Posts: 10,965
Threads: 651
Likes Received: 1,878 in 1,164 posts
Likes Given: 442
Joined: Apr 2011
(09-13-2017, 10:52 PM)Life Long Learning Wrote: (09-13-2017, 10:08 PM)sanantone Wrote: (09-13-2017, 09:48 PM)Life Long Learning Wrote: (09-13-2017, 03:23 PM)sanantone Wrote: (09-13-2017, 09:31 AM)jsd Wrote: Often times only "first time students" are calculated in grad rates, meaning no prior college credit. As we know, The Big 3+WGU don't really cater to first time students, so it skews the grad rate.
But, Excelsior's is far higher than COSC's. I still don't know how they got a 6-year graduation rate from a program that's less than six years old.
I could be wrong, but Excelsior opened a center in Washington DC for the School of Public Safety. That and 45% military maybe be two reasons? EC and COSC cater two very different populations.
Military would explain why there are less students at Excelsior taking out students loans. That's another factor that has nothing to do with the quality of the school or the cybersecurity program.
I was thinking of the graduation rates! The military is huge into fielding new cybersecurity units in all of the branches.
Online Excelsior says it has enrolled as of Summer 2017:
241 MS in Cyberscurity
93 BS in Cybersecurity
35 BS in Cyber Operatons
52 MS/BS IT/Cybersecurity
http://www.excelsior.edu/about/fast-facts
And, my argument is that COSC can't possibly have a 6-year graduation rate for a program that is only a couple of years old.
Graduate of Not VUL or ENEB
MS, MSS and Graduate Cert
AAS, AS, BA, and BS
CLEP
Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68
DSST
Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458
ALEKS
Int Alg, Coll Alg
TEEX
4 credits
TECEP
Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations
CSU
Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber
SL
Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I
Uexcel
A&P
Davar
Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc
•
Posts: 1,681
Threads: 176
Likes Received: 365 in 264 posts
Likes Given: 1,035
Joined: Feb 2015
In the end I am glad two made the list. I hope next time all three make the list!
Non-Traditional Undergraduate College Credits (634 SH): *FTCC Noncourse Credits (156 SH) *DSST (78 SH) *CPL (64 SH) *JST Military/ACE (48 SH) *CBA (44 SH) *CLEP (42 SH) *FEMA IS (40 SH) *FEMA EM (38 SH) *ECE/UExcel (30 SH) *PLA Portfolio (28 SH) *EMI/ACE (19 SH) *TEEX/ACE (16 SH) *CWE (11 SH) *NFA/ACE (10 SH) *Kaplan/ACE (3 SH) *CPC (2 SH) *AICP/ACE (2 SH) *Sophia/ACE (2 SH) and *FRTI-UM/ACE (1 SH).
Non-Traditional Graduate College Credits (14 SH): AMU (6 SH); NFHS (5 SH); and JSU (3 SH).
•
Posts: 1
Threads: 0
Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Sep 2017
(09-13-2017, 12:11 AM)dfrecore Wrote: WGU was ranked 7th.
Not too shabby!
•
|
