What graduate schools have Excelsior graduates gotten into?

[GokkunMilkshake]

Welcome to the forum!

What degree are you interested in pursuing for undergrad?

What is your goal for graduate school?

I'm still trying to figure stuff out.

Here is my situation:
I have an AAS from ITT, 15 Computer related credits at Bossier Parrish Community College, 14 credits from Devry (Math, business, computer), some military experience that might net me something, and one english class here at Glendale Community College, with me taking two business classes there this spring. I also have the following certifications: A+, CCENT, CCNA

I also have over $60k in federal student loan debt, and about $30k in private loans that are stupidly high interest. I need to make more money to pay this off, which means I have to have my bachelors degree, just to remove a barrier to entry. On the same token going to school at least half time prevents interest from being capitalized, which would allow me to pay down more on my loans. I'm really just aiming to chop downt he ultra high interest private loans and manage the rest as longer term debt.

I was thinking of getting an MBA, with a possible double major in Computer Engineering or computer Science

Right now I just want to hurry up and get a usable bachelors degree so I can remove a potential barrier to entry in my career field (networking).

I am trying to figure out what bachelors I want to get, and whether I plan on trying to get a degree at EC, or just using it to get awarded credits I wouldn't elsewhere, with the purpose of transferring them to a local school here in Arizona. To that end, maybe I could specifically hammer out GenEd stuff there that would transfer to Glendale Community College, and perhaps some business classes as well. (Via CLEP/DSST/Straighterline). I could then just do my senior year at NAU to obtain a Bachelors of Science in Technical Management. That might be slower for me, but might leave a more positive impression than a Bachelors degree from excelsior.

I work in IT, and a lot of them want something Computer Science related. I do not feel that the IT degrees that EC offers would leave a very good impression. You either go for the real deal of Computer Science or some other engineering degree. Any watered down Computer type bachelors wouldn't help as much, and may even look tacky. So, if I were to get something from Excelsior it might be more along the lines of a business degree, which although not computer related, might make me a more well rounded candidate. In my field I won't be doing any software programming, nor engineering new hardware, so unless I change direction career wise the purpose of the CS or CE degree is just to impress.

Perhaps I might get that business degree from excelsior first to hurry up and have a 4 year, then if I want to pursue a bachelors from NAU afterwards I could do so, followed by getting a useful masters degree

Ideally I would be doing a bachelors computer science or engineering. However I really just don't have the time to commit to doing to starting over from scratch, especially since I work full time and am working on technical certifications. The only possible way to accomplish that without repeating too much is to get my Devry credits to Glendale Community college, hope some of my itt credits and army training gets me something, and get a ton of credits via CLEP/ACE/DTTS. I am already way way way deep in student loan debt and need to start paying down heavily on the high interest private loans, preferably while I am in school so i can make a dent on principle. The longer I delay getting my bachelors the more opportunity cost is missed to make more money to get myself out of this hole.


I know that is a lot of debt I have. I was quite immature in my younger days, dropped out of school, went to another one, moved, etc. I am now 30 trying to move on with my life and achieve something.