Nationally accredited program?

[a2jc4life]

I'm sorry if this has already been asked; the search tool is telling me everything I enter is either too long, too short, or too common. :/

I thought I had this process all planned out, having checked to ensure that my current school is US Dept of Ed-accredited, etc. so all my credits would transfer over. But I did not realize that there is such a thing as national accreditation agencies separate from regional ones, so TESU is accepting 0 of my credits. That makes for 66 (I think?) very expensive, very useless credits -- and honestly, just the idea of basically redoing every single course taken during my associate's degree is disheartening. I shouldn't have to test out of them or create portfolios; I already completed hours of coursework and passed final exams.

Is there another school that will accept this as transfer credit and still allow flexibility for degree completion, so I don't have to start all over? Or a workaround/appeal option at TESU? (I see that TESU has an option to submit an appeal to the registrar, but I also see folks here saying they never accept nationally-accredited courses for credit, so I'm not sure if that's a waste of time.)