Earning a Bachelor Degree Overseas

[bjcheung77]

Hey guys, I've been lurking this forum on and off for the past year. Now that I've reached a point of financial stability I'm ready to begin working to earn a Bachelors at one of the big 3. Yet, I'm caught in a somewhat unique position. For several reasons, I'm going to be based out of Asia for the forseeable future. I'll be visiting the U.S. at the end of July, and can afford to make 1 maybe, maybe two additional visits to the U.S. this next year if necessary. My goal is earn my degree within the next year, and I can focus the majority of my time and energy into doing so.

The degree will be used for legally obtaining a work visa teaching English. An English degree would be a decent option, but overall a business degree would suffice as well, and possibly be better for long-term career options. What do I do now? I'm starting from scratch with credits.

It looks like I'll want to complete the majority of possible credits with Straighterline, and supplement this by completing CLEPS as necessary during my visits to the USA. Anyone do something like this before, or have advice in doing so? Which school I get the degree from isn't important to me, provided it's regionally accredited (just as most of the schools that tend to get discussed here are).

Your advice and guidance is appreciated.

So, you're An American expat in Vietnam... Xin Chao.

Online testing is the way to go, as mentioned by the majority of your replies... I am not sure if your neck of the woods have any testing locations if you don't provide us your location.

You can work on your AS and then ladder up to a BSBA. It all depends on what you want to do.

You can review the degreeforum.wikia.com for degree plans and info on getting started.

Cam On!