Where to attend?

[Mjake260]

UMPI has Accounting, but no Finance. You can see what's available here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI

TESU has both a BSBA Finance and a BSBA Accounting. They also have a BS Accounting/CPA degree. You can see other degrees here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...ts_Roadmap

Neither are degree mills. TESU is a bit of a no-name state school while UMPI is part of the University of Maine system. Neither is particularly better or worse than the other.

I would suggest reading the wiki and see which one you think sounds best for your needs.

I know neither are degree mills, but it seems like in the business field many employers see these schools as degree mills. 

I have a couple of questions, would it be “illegal” or perhaps even dangerous if on my resume, I hypothetically were to put “University of Maine” and didn’t add the presque isle?

Penn State is ranked #60 by U.S. news and is the best college you can go to that is easy to hack with alt credits such as Sophia/Study.com as they allow 84 transfer credits. However, it will cost you over $20,000 to get that degree versus around $3k-10k for other colleges we recommend.
https://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/

There's a debate on whether it is worth it to spend extra time to try to get a higher-ranked bachelor's or spend that spare time and money going for a master's at a high-ranked college such as UIUC iMBA for 24k.

Thank you! This was the kind of response I was looking for. 

I by no means think WGU, SNHU, etc are “diploma mills,” but many employers do especially in high corporate and that’s the sad reality of it.

[rachel83az]

I mean... there are certainly people who think that anything short of Ivy League is a diploma mill.

People who think state schools are diploma mills probably aren't going to be satisfied by any degree program we could recommend here.

[bjcheung77]

Hmm... Interesting, you're thinking like nomaduser... That's why it's best to fill in the addendum 'fully' with your budget, commitments, study habits... What you've written is more of a 'brush off' those questions, thus you're not providing too much of an overview picture of your situation. Penn State is a good program, it's a public/state based institution, guess what, most of the ones mentioned here such as TESU/UMPI are the same, they're public/state institutions.

SNHU, WGU, are private non-profit institutions that we recommend along with others such as PUG, it really again depends on your budget. If it fits your bill/budget, there are other programs that are within budget from Coursera/Edx partnerships that are much cheaper if you take online vs in person... research your degree/institution of choice and pick from a short list of them, report back to let us know what programs/institutions interest you most and decide from there.

[davewill]

I know neither are degree mills, but it seems like in the business field many employers see these schools as degree mills. 

I have a couple of questions, would it be “illegal” or perhaps even dangerous if on my resume, I hypothetically were to put “University of Maine” and didn’t add the presque isle?

It is never a good idea to put anything on your resume intended to deceive. If you are not comfortable with putting a school on your resume, then don't go there.

I’d also argue there’s more to an applicant than “target school,” yet that’s what employers do.

Is that meant to justify fudging the school name on your resume? It doesn't.

I agree that employers should be more nuanced. You insist that "many employers see these schools as degree mills", we have not really seen that here. If you're trying to get into a Wall Street bank, or a top accounting firm, I could see how an online degree might make things more difficult, but I would expect there to be plenty of smaller employers out there who will be less snobby about your degree.

[Duneranger]

UMPI has Accounting, but no Finance. You can see what's available here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI

TESU has both a BSBA Finance and a BSBA Accounting. They also have a BS Accounting/CPA degree. You can see other degrees here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...ts_Roadmap

Neither are degree mills. TESU is a bit of a no-name state school while UMPI is part of the University of Maine system. Neither is particularly better or worse than the other.

I would suggest reading the wiki and see which one you think sounds best for your needs.

I know neither are degree mills, but it seems like in the business field many employers see these schools as degree mills. 

I have a couple of questions, would it be “illegal” or perhaps even dangerous if on my resume, I hypothetically were to put “University of Maine” and didn’t add the presque isle?

Accounting honestly is probably a better degree than pure finance unless you go to a top tier finance school with consultant networking.

Leaving out Presque Isle would be lying

If I put the University of California, people would probably think of Berkeley or Los Angeles and not Merced. Clearly a big discrepancy

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UMPI has Accounting, but no Finance. You can see what's available here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI

TESU has both a BSBA Finance and a BSBA Accounting. They also have a BS Accounting/CPA degree. You can see other degrees here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...ts_Roadmap

Neither are degree mills. TESU is a bit of a no-name state school while UMPI is part of the University of Maine system. Neither is particularly better or worse than the other.

I would suggest reading the wiki and see which one you think sounds best for your needs.

I know neither are degree mills, but it seems like in the business field many employers see these schools as degree mills. 

I have a couple of questions, would it be “illegal” or perhaps even dangerous if on my resume, I hypothetically were to put “University of Maine” and didn’t add the presque isle?

Accounting honestly is probably a better degree than pure finance unless you go to a top tier finance school with consulting networking.

Leaving out Presque Isle would be lying.

If I put the University of California, people would probably think of Berkeley or Los Angeles and not Merced. Clearly, there is a big discrepancy

[bjcheung77]

That's right, it's like saying I went to Harvard, when in fact I took the HarvardX classes... you want to let people know honestly and truthfully by entering what exactly you've taken and the info. You don't have to indicate the dates/years and that, but everything else should be what it's written on the transcripts.

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Another example is saying you went to Purdue University, when you've gone to Purdue Global which is a subsidiary yet an entirely different institution altogether, the same goes with the other 'online' global campuses from similar institutions...

[LevelUP]

A lot of student worries come down to being discriminated against or missing out on opportunities because:

• They picked the wrong college
  
• They picked the wrong major
  
• They didn't get a high enough GPA
  

Students can overemphasize or underemphasize various college decisions.

[indigoshuffle]

UMPI has Accounting, but no Finance. You can see what's available here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI

TESU has both a BSBA Finance and a BSBA Accounting. They also have a BS Accounting/CPA degree. You can see other degrees here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...ts_Roadmap

Neither are degree mills. TESU is a bit of a no-name state school while UMPI is part of the University of Maine system. Neither is particularly better or worse than the other.

I would suggest reading the wiki and see which one you think sounds best for your needs.

I know neither are degree mills, but it seems like in the business field many employers see these schools as degree mills. 

I have a couple of questions, would it be “illegal” or perhaps even dangerous if on my resume, I hypothetically were to put “University of Maine” and didn’t add the presque isle? 

Oh dear. Oh no. 
I don't like the direction your thoughts are taking. Actually, the notion that you'd have to omit "Presque Isle" is insulting. 
Allow me to make it clear: no one on this forum will endorse the idea of you attending a degree mill. If the suggested schools here don't suit your desires or that of your employers, you'll have to accept the consequence of spending ten times more money for an identical degree -- that's your decision to make. In my very humble opinion, I think you need to complete the addendum more comprehensively, thoughtfully, and thoroughly, following bjcheung77's instructions.