Grad Schools That Accept NA Credit

[kevinmane]

It appears UoPeople MBA's courses are pretty specific for getting a MBA through strictly UoPeople only.
So I think bjcheung77 is implying that if you hypothetically took a few UoPeople courses and were able to find a Non-Profit RA institution that would take NA credits (which doesn't exist), that the courses would likely not be similar-enough to that school's courses.

Overall, the discussion is moot for the following reasons:

1) The OP may have been told false information because even For-Profit RA colleges do not take NA courses "right off the bat". Not even University of Phoenix accepts NA credits for transfer. In fact, the only two schools (that are essentially the same school) that accept NA credits for transfer are AMU and APUS. (From their website: "APUS defines Traditional Transfer Credit as: Academic - earned through an accredited institution of higher learning with Regional and/or National Accreditation.")

2) No Non-profit RA schools will accept NA credits for transfer.

3) Most RA schools, including for-profits, will not accept ANY credits for transfer for their graduate programs. They are very few and far between.

4) UoPeople doesn't admit everybody. It wants you to take the courses with them so you can FINISH with them. They probably wouldn't let you in the program if you knew you were trying to just do a few classes with them and run to another school.

I think the BEST possible alternative has already been suggested:

1) Review APUS's MBA courses.
2) Review UoPeople's MBA courses.
3) Compare the two and see if any of those UoPeople courses could possibly transfer.
4) Contact APUS and ask if UoPeople's MBA courses could transfer for the APUS MBA.
5) If APUS says yes, then try to get into UoPeople, take the courses, and then transfer 'em to APUS - and then finish with them.

I think that's the ONLY way to work it, if it can even be done.
I know APUS is for-profit but they have a good reputation and they're pretty reasonably priced - and their MBA is ACBSP-accredited (not as good as AACSB, but hey, it's better than nothing - some schools' MBA have none besides the RA).

Otherwise, I personally don't see another option - and the aforementioned one above is a longshot as it is.

If you can get into UoPeople, you might as well see if a NA MBA will satisfy what you want to do with it. At $200/course, I wouldn't WANT to transfer anywhere else if it didn't matter if it was NA or RA.

Good luck!