Which of the Big 3 should I choose if CLEP will be paid for?

[davewill]

The TESU Per Credit plan doesn't have per semester fees just per credit. The only real sticking point is the residency requirement. It costs $2k to waive it. However if your employer will pay for 16 credits (5 regular courses at approx $1500 each and the $300 cornerstone) then you would not have to pay that fee. You would be left with the $75 application fee and the $400 graduation fee as the only non-credit based fees left at TESU. Even with the $2k waiver it's still cheaper than COSC or Excelsior. Take a look at the spreadsheet for one of the BSBA degrees. Do you have any idea what kind of specialization you would want? Management? CIS? Others? Whichever one, the spreadsheet will list the the requirements and most of the choices available to fill each of them and their costs.

You will have to look over the various forms of alternative credit in the plan and decide which of them your employer might cover. You know about CLEP. From your last post, TECEPs may work as well since they are registered for like any other TESU course and appear on the same transcript. Maybe you can make the argument that DSST tests are not materially different from CLEP (since they aren't). Also some of the alternative credit sources are so cheap that you may just be willing to pay for them out of pocket.