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Schools like WGU for an accelerated / affordable Masters (Business) - tpratt4321 - 09-22-2019
Hi All,
Just finished my B.S. in Business Management degree at WGU. I cannot matriculate to their MS or MBA because I finished early and have 4.5 months left in my semester. I'm looking to get started on something in the meantime, either by taking some transferable course work or just choosing to do my graduate degree at another school.
I understand I may need to make tradeoffs but ideally I'd like to find the following in a school.
- Regionally accredited preferably non-profit.
- Able to complete in 12 months or less
- Online only
- Affordable without massive debt
- Has an upcoming start date (sometime in next 2 months)
Are there any options? Or Should I just wait and jump in at WGU again next year?
RE: Schools like WGU for an accelerated / affordable Masters (Business) - ThatBankDude - 09-22-2019
(09-22-2019, 12:19 PM)tpratt4321 Wrote: Hi All,
Just finished my B.S. in Business Management degree at WGU. I cannot matriculate to their MS or MBA because I finished early and have 4.5 months left in my semester. I'm looking to get started on something in the meantime, either by taking some transferable course work or just choosing to do my graduate degree at another school.
I understand I may need to make tradeoffs but ideally I'd like to find the following in a school.
- Regionally accredited preferably non-profit.
- Able to complete in 12 months or less
- Online only
- Affordable without massive debt
- Has an upcoming start date (sometime in next 2 months)
Are there any options? Or Should I just wait and jump in at WGU again next year?
The issue I think you will run into is if your undergraduate degree has been conferred. You will not be able to begin a graduate program unless your undergrad degree has been conferred.
RE: Schools like WGU for an accelerated / affordable Masters (Business) - tpratt4321 - 09-22-2019
(09-22-2019, 12:22 PM)ThatBankDude Wrote: The issue I think you will run into is if your undergraduate degree has been conferred. You will not be able to begin a graduate program unless your undergrad degree has been conferred.
Fortunately, WGU will confer their degree after course completion and not at the end of the semester. Their issue with starting in a new program is that you can't matriculate to a second degree program until your semester end date. They told me it has something to do with Dept. of Ed requirements. I'm hoping there are other options to pursue a similar program rather than wait 4 months to continue there.
RE: Schools like WGU for an accelerated / affordable Masters (Business) - sanantone - 09-22-2019
Non-Profit Competency-Based Programs: Brandman University, Northern Arizona University, University of Wisconsin, John F. Kennedy University, and Purdue Global
For-Profit Competency-Based Programs: Rasmussen College, Capella University, and Walden University
RE: Schools like WGU for an accelerated / affordable Masters (Business) - Ideas - 09-22-2019
Some schools might admit you conditionally without a conferred degree, or let you take classes as a non-degree student which would apply once you get admitted. I'm not sure which schools.
RE: Schools like WGU for an accelerated / affordable Masters (Business) - sanantone - 09-22-2019
Just in case you didn't know, WGU does not accept transfer credits at the graduate level.