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Guidance for a school and program - ryuzenboy - 09-09-2024
Hello everyone,
I'm happy i found this forum and need help in choosing a bachelor degree. I took a gap year after attending a baptist college for the ministry, so it'll be a fresh start for me. I want to be doing something tech related and want to start right away. I'm looking at either cs or data science, but really just want a tech degree that is lucrative and has a good work life balance. I already started the memberships for study.com and sophia.org. and am just working on the regular gen-ed courses.
Your Location: California, USA
Your Age: 22
What kind of degree do you want?: Tech Related Bachelors
Current Regional Accredited Credits: none
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: none
Any certifications or military experience?: one certificate from coursecareers
Budget: cheaper the better
Commitments: Work 5 days a week
Dedicated time to study: 10-15 hours per week
Timeline: 1-2 years
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Fafsa
RE: Guidance for a school and program - bjcheung77 - 09-12-2024
ryuzenboy, Welcome to the board, great intro post, there are plenty of options for you. I suggest getting the trifecta of certs, degree, experience... Here's the competency based degree options I would recommend checking out, UMPI BABA PM & IS or PUG/WGU BSIT options may be better for you if you have 'some' experience in the field already. If not, that's where the certs, experience and the transfer credits come into play... https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Competency-Based_Programs