(02-16-2022, 12:22 PM)rachel83az Wrote: First off, what degree does your daughter want? A BALS is okay, but there are more subject degrees available now than there were when you got your degree in 2018. If she wants something specific, that'll dictate which school might be best.

She is considering something liberal arts related - either psychology / communications /english or something of that sort. 

UMPI is more popular/affordable than any of the Big3 right now, but you must be at least 20 years old to get a UMPI degree. TESU and COSC both require at least 30 RA credits (the capstone and cornerstone count for 6, so your daughter would need at least 9 more RA credits). COSC is not really recommended for most students.

She plans to finish up an associates degree from the community college - in either communications or psychology. So, she should have the 30 RA credits. 
Does UMPI ever make exceptions on the age? TESU used to discourage younger students too, but exceptions did happen.

Excelsior is slightly cheaper than TESU, but they do require at least 30 UL credits. Not everyone wants to do that, so TESU's 18 UL total (15 + capstone) can be more attractive. There are suggested degree plans for TESU here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sample_TESU_General_Education_Requirements_Roadmap

For LL courses, we usually recommend Sophia because it's now $79/mo. for all-you-can-complete. Except, don't take Sopha's English Comp. If your daughter decides to go for TESU or COSC, we usually recommend ONU ( https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Olivet_Nazarene_University ) for inexpensive RA credit. It's hard to beat $50/credit! Olivet also has some UL courses that can work for BALS, History, or English degrees.

I will definitely check out those options! Are they all accepted at TESU and UMPI?

SDC is usually recommended for UL ACE credit. For business degrees, Davar has NCCRS courses. Coopersmith has courses for Psych and a handful of other subjects.

Oh wow - back when I was taking courses SDC was mostly LL ACE credit. I got in when the SDC Psych courses were still being accepted as UL but I was one of the last ones to have that approved. I think they downgraded them to LL a month or two after I graduated.

One more question about UMPI - I just printed off some of their degree plans. I don't see where they list what gen eds are required. It just says you need a certain number of credit hours of gen eds. Does this mean anything works? 

(02-16-2022, 01:13 PM)Flelm Wrote: So the answer is UMPI YourPace (their online, competency-based program) does not make exceptions for age. 20+ adults only. Also, for YourPace, you would need to be looking at https://online.umpi.edu/ specifically, not the general UMPI website.

(02-16-2022, 02:22 PM)rlw74 Wrote: I think if she times it right she might be 20 before she enrolled there anyway. She is almost 18. The community college is giving her a scholarship to cover her first 60 credit hours. So my thought is she'll be about 19 / 20 before she will be finished with that part of her education. If there is a gap she can use that time to get her ACE credits. It will be a little bit slower than what I did at TESU and maybe slower than what she wants. But we'll have to see how fast she can get through with her associates degree. 

This is all very helpful info. I've checked out those websites and printed off a lot of information for her to look at. She is excited to plan out some of these steps. The ONU info especially is wonderful. I wish that had been around when I got my TESU degree. It would have allowed me to obtain a different major.