I'm looking to follow the degree plan for Data Analytics at SNHU. Can anyone share their experience studying this program? How long does it usually take to finish this program? Can you find Data Analytics jobs or intership while studying this program? 

TESU appears to have recently reworded their policies to now state they accept credit "from entities accredited by institutional accreditors recognized by the U.S. Department of Education."

"Regional accreditation" is no longer stipulated directly, nor does it appear to be implied – for example, they don't stipulate a list of institutional accreditors they accept that just happens to be the traditional list of regional accreditors – in the main body text on the undergraduate catalog page Transfer Credit, the graduate catalog page Transfer Credit, or the Transfering Credit landing page in the Admissions section of the site.

There are several places on TESU's website that specify a regional accreditation requirement specifically, but generally they seem less official and may not have been updated, including in part Academic Credit FAQs and a 2016 blog post on NA vs. RA.

For admission to TESU master's programs, "The University requirement for admission to any master’s degree program is the demonstration of the completion of a bachelor’s degree from an institution recognized under our Transfer Credit Policy."

A regionally accredited master's is still at this time a stated requirement for admission to TESU's DBA and EdD.

"Institutionally accredited" absent any indication otherwise implies a superset that includes nationally accredited (NA).

This might open up some new degree planning options.

Hello all, thanks for all the information here!

I'm looking for a list of transfer-friendly schools that will waive general education for students with a previous Bachelor's degree.

My background and why I'm looking for this:
In my particular case, I got a regionally accredited degree in Music Performance at the Manhattan School of Music straight out of high school. This degree did *not* require traditional gen eds like English, STEM, psychology, or anything like that. All my general education were in humanities and some history classes but even those were more culturally/arts focused so were arguably still just humanities courses. The rest were major classes in music performance, composition, ensemble, etc.

I've since dropped ambitions of being a full time performing musician. I've done well for myself in the audio visual industry. Started recording engineering for my alma mater and work in live event production. I'm now a full time A1 live audio engineer and general AV technician and these days that entails junior network engineering responsibilities as audio is traveling over networks via Dante protocol. Video over NDI/ST2110 or similar. Programming is also useful for creating AV control systems.

Anyway, long story short my work is getting more and more technical and I feel limited in my career by my lack of a true STEM/technical undergrad degree.

When I've gotten evaluations from schools that don't have this policy and evaluate on a course-by-course basis, I'm always told I have to take more English, Communication, Psych/sociology, Physics and other general ed requirements that I'd prefer not to have to do if possible.

Other schools have stated that because I have a previous RA bachelor's, all gen ed requirements are automatically considered "met" and I get a bunch of credits off the bat. All of these have the same caveat that certain gen eds like Calculus for CS or Physics for Engineering if they are a major requirement, will still need to be taken of course.

Through my own research I've found the following schools with such policies:
WGU
UMPI

SNHU - waived all gen eds except their Diversity/Sustainability requirement (1 class)
TESU - I never got an eval nor is it stated on their website but members here state that this is their policy
ODU - Old Dominion University - waives all "lower division" gen eds but still requires more "upper division" gen eds

I'm sure there are more schools like this, and I know I can't be the only one with this question. Please let me know what other schools have this policy. Bonus points if the school has a good selection of STEM BS degrees available with reasonable tuition.

Personally I'm currently leaning towards the TESU BACS degree but still exploring options.

Thanks in advance

Long time no see degree forum.

Has anyone managed to get into a state university master's program with a TESU degree? Asking because a big chunk of my credits came from Sophia and SDC. 

Should be graduating soon with my BA in Computer Science from them.

To be more specific, I am trying to get into Boise State Universities Cyber Security and Resilience Master's Program they offer. I am hoping someone has experience with BSU...

Thank you

Good afternoon -

I am about at the end of what I can do on Sophia. Excluding Spanish, I have about a week left.

If I do nothing else, I will (should) have 43 hours to go when I start @ UMPI in October.

Question:

For a PM degree, could someone "in the know" please advise which is better:

1) getting one or more certifications via google / Coursera 
- or -
2) taking a few classes at Study.com

Certs certainly pull some weight when looking for PM work, but I want to make sure I have time to finish them before the 'official' curriculum starts. The goal, as with all of us, is to be as close to 30 hours required as possible on my UMPI start date. Also, I have plenty of electives, so when the google PM cert says it comes in as:

"GOOG 0003: Google Project Management Professional Certificate ** transfers in as: 3 credits BUS 400, 3 credits BUS 3XX, and 3 Credits BUS 1XX (business electives)"

the only thing of value for graduation is BUS 400.

I'd like to be one of those people who finishes UMPI in 8 weeks so that I can move on to MAOL.

Thanks in advance for your wisdom.

The DEAC accredits the Elmwood Institute which currently offers one program, a Master of Leadership and Management.

Tuition is currently listed as $25 per credit x 36 credits = $900 for the entire degree ($75 per 3-credit course).

Each course is completed within a 16-week term but is described as "self-paced." The start of each calendar month is the start of a new 16-week term, so terms overlap.

In addition to the 12 courses there is a comprehensive exam or an approved project.

A bachelor's degree or international equivalent is required for admission.

Edited in July 2025: At its launch the Elmwood Institute was an division of Patten University. In its June 2025 meeting the DEAC approved Elmwood's application to launch as an independent university.

The following is background information about Elmwood's former affiliation with Patten University. The non-Elmwood Institute main body of Patten University continues to offer several programs at more normal tuition, $330 per credit graduate level. This Patten University is not regionally accredited. The name has a complicated history. A school named Patten University was once a brick-and-mortar institution in Oakland, California and once held regional accreditation from WASC, but in several asset sales it converted to for-profit online and then lost its accreditation. Later its name was acquired by American Graduate University. AGU then changed its name to Patten University while retaining AGU's own pre-existing national accreditation from the DEAC.

Your Location: Ontario, Canada (American residing abroad)
Your Age: 37
What kind of degree?: Bachelors

College Credits:  60 semester credits (quarter converted to semester) A mix of semester and quarter credits from three different U.S. schools, 15+ years ago:
Semester Credits:
EN 1101 Eng I (3 credits)
MP 0010 Basic Math (3 credits)
BY 1116 Biological Sci I (3 credits)
CH 1103 Gen Chem 1 (4 credits)
SA 1105 Intro to Small Animal Sci (3 credits)
EN 1201 Eng II (3 credits if C- is accepted)
PE 1209 Aerobics (1 credit)
ANT 1045 Intro to Anthropology (4 credits)
BIB 1001 OT History and Lit (4 credits)
SPE Foundations of Communication (3 credits)
ART 1005 Principles of Art (2 credits
BIB 1002 NT History and Lit (2 credits)
ICS 2015 World Religions (4 credits)

Quarter credits:
Color and Design Theory
Historic Textiles
Survey of Western Art I
Sketching Techniques
Drafting Techniques
Design Process
Drawing Fundamentals
Film History and Development
Survey of Western Art II
Digital Imaging
Computer Illustration
Marketing and Brand Development
Editing I
Digital Comp I
3D Modeling & Animation
Sound Design I

Sophia Learning Credits: 6 credits so far in Visual Comm and Intro to Nutrition. Will be doing more.


Any certifications or military experience?
none


Budget: Preferably less than $12k CAD
Commitments: None.
Dedicated time to study: Unlimited for the next several months-year.
Timeline: ASAP
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: OSAP (Ontario Student Assistance Program)
Goal?: Obtain a bachelor degree of any type ASAP


Hello and thank you in advance for any and all advice.

I am looking for school and program suggestions that won’t be costly for an American living abroad. I’ve looked at UMPI, WGU, and UoPeople. I am not sure about the validity of UoPeople.

I want to complete a bachelor’s degree in any major. Preferably a major that will take my random assortment of college credits spanning from science to biblical studies to design. I signed up at Sophia last week and will be completing more courses on that platform.

I would like the cost to be less than or equal to $10k- $12k. Would like to avoid paying international tuition.

Reading about the online “School of Business and Trade (SoBaT) on this forum had me curious, and over the past couple weeks I completed their MA in Social Sciences program. 

I have nothing but good things to say. While it’s possible to accelerate through the program for a seasoned learner, it’s not a quick process. The 12 exams required across different domains of human knowledge really do require substantial engagement with the texts, to the point that despite their open-book nature, they do not lend themselves to quick search engine answers.

After completing, I was invested and impressed enough to even pay the modest graduation fee for a diploma to support the institution (who issues then both a PDF diploma and transcript, with a verification code to authenticate those documents on their website). For self-directed learners, one could actually get a lot out of this program. 

YMMV on the utility of the application of the credential in the private sector in a North American context, but from an integrity standpoint, this program is every bit as legitimate as other similarly formatted accredited programs, from Ashworth to Capella. 

If these folks added proctoring to their exams, this could be a real interruption in higher ed. The exams were thought provoking and challenging, and included international relations, human geography, communications, climate change, public health ethics, writing, social work research, human psychology, political science, advanced sociology, statistics, and world history.

I need to get a 4.0 GPA and I will be taking all (60 credits worth) of my upper divison classes at Excelsior University for a BA in Liberal Arts. I have no job and no responsibilities other than school. Is it reasonable to take multiple classes per term and get A's in all of my classes? 

Also, the reason I need to get a 4.0 GPA is for applying to law school. The reason I am taking so many classes at Excelsior University is because I need 60 graded semester credits to get a GPA on my law school application which Sophia doesn't provide.

Thank you in advance

Has anyone tried to use Coursera certificates towards the upper level 18 elective course requirement?
I see on Coursera that there are some upper-level 300 & 400 courses, I wonder how flexible will they be at applying them towards the BA in computer science degree?

IBM Full Stack Software Developer Professional Certificate
https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/ibm-full-stack-cloud-developer
includes TESU equivalency Course: CLD-4200 Architecting Cloud Solutions

IBM Data Analysis and Visualization Foundations Specialization
https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/ibm-data-analyst-r-excel
includes TESU equivalency course:  DSI-399 Special Topics in Data Sci/Analyt.


IBM Data Analytics with Excel and R Professional Certificate
https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/ibm-data-analyst-r-excel
includes TESU equivalency course: DSI-322 Interactive Data Visualization 

I read that the SAS Advanced Programmer Professional Certificate will satisfy upper-level elective credit and will transfer in as STA - 399 Special Topics in Statistics 

I am getting this information from the Coursera Wiki Page : https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Coursera