State schools vs. other options

[LevelUP]

This OP went wild and attacked everyone in the thread.

The OP's comments about WGU being a low-quality school aren't accurate. Graduates of WGU are working at Microsoft and other big tech names. Also, graduates of WGU have been able to get into the top 100 schools for master's programs. The whole people at WGU aren't good proctors is utter nonsense as a literal monkey could do proctoring services. Who cares?

We had a TESU grad get into two T14 law schools with a nearly full-ride scholarship.

That being said, there's always going to be a debate about getting into a top-rated school such as a top 150 school. Though just because you graduate from a top-rated school doesn't mean you are guaranteed a high-paying job. 

Some jobs such as IT and coding are skill based jobs so given you got the skills, it is possible to get high paying jobs even without a degree. Here a quote from DF member Senior_dev, "The beautiful thing about Silicon Valley is that it’s as close to a meritocracy as you’ll find and - through hard work to account for the unfinished degree - I ended up earning much more than both of my Ivy league graduate brothers."

[Pats20]

University of the People seems like it is going to be the best option for me. I submitted my application, got approved, and set up a portal account. I want to transfer in a lot of credits. I have two of my RA (regionally accredited) college transcripts in PDF ready to send in, and just need to scan a 3rd to complete my first transfer credit evaluation request.

Hopefully the RA credit transfer is completed to my liking this month (August 2020). In the meantime I will begin taking TWO UotP courses (no cost up front), and work on some Saylor courses (no up-front costs either). If I get enough RA credits accepted I will send in an ACE trancript towards the end of the year to see how many ACE-recommended credits get approved.

My HOPE is that 72 credits transfer, leaving 16 UotP courses overall. I realize there is a lot left to do, and I still don't KNOW how much time and effort the UotP courses require. If it doesn't work out, at least posting the experience here will help others.

My projected cost to complete this is $2,750. I will post a summary of transfer eval when it's complete, then a projected path to degree completion.

It breaks my heart when people go for these for-profit private institutions instead of considering online state schools. There are so many other options for you. University of the People, WGU, Capella and many more are low quality institutions. As someone who was looking for an affordable online degree program with required accreditation and reputation, I came across many state schools who accomplished these three needs.

I am not sure what state you reside in but I work look into the online degree programs at your local public colleges.

Kinda dredging up an older thread, but I didn't see it until now and it kind of involves me so here goes:
 
Sorry I broke someone's heart 

Shame on you !  You heartbreaker