"The Big 2....?"

[Exfactor]

As an alumni of Excelsior College, I will say that compared to the other schools in the "Big 3" Excelsior College is more expensive. However, Excelsior College has the largest student population out of all the schools in the "Big 3". This forum is not a determining factor of these schools and their popularity. When I attended Excelsior College the majority of the students in the courses I enrolled in were majority military who were using specific benefits to finish their degrees. Cost was not a concern for them. For me personally, I used a student discount which placed the amount I payed not to far from the amount of tuition that TESC/COSC was asking for at the time.

One thing thats not mentioned a lot on this forum, is that things have always ran in cycles. Once upon a time Excelsior College was the most talked about school on this forum, and pretty much on the net when it came to testing out of a degree. With policy changes such as no longer allowing GRE credit ect students made moves to more applicable schools that would accept their credit.

While completing credits by testing is popular on this forum, it is not what the vast majority of students at Excelsior College are seeking to do. Who ever has the best policies in regard to credit acceptance at particular times is generally where those on this forum has always headed. For a long period of time that was Excelsior College, in the past couple of years that move has been made to TESU.

However, at the end of the day all of these schools are all unranked, largely unknown, regionally accredited schools.