My Grad School Thoughts - Masters/PHD

[BearEDU]

dam really sad that its ending! I was really drawn to their MPA Upower program 30 credits no capstone it seems. Sadly i dont know much about the work load is it pretty light? I wonder if i can apply now. My graduation date is march but my class ends 1/21/18

Patten MBA doesn't have a capstone either, very possible to finish it in 8 months for $3800 (should be cheaper than Hodges as everything is included and you have two extra months to finish). Hodges has a final examination, if someone fails, lol... they'll have to take that final again, for Patten there isn't a cumulative final.

The few things that draws me to Hodges was, 1) Non profit, 2) Their MIS has the least requirements to finish, 3) Their Upower pricing
However, the main drawbacks to the courses are that they're very writing intensive and presentations are required for each course. Otherwise, WGU and Patten have a leg up on Hodges as all materials are included in their programs, Hodges are extra.

BearEDU, if you currently work in public admin OR non profit organizations, then the MPA would be a good choice. You'll have to finish each course in 2.5 weeks or less (closer to 2 weeks/course, non stop for 6 months to get it at $3500+extra expenses). I suggest Patten MBA for everything else, as it's completion rate would be easier - you can try to finish 1 course every 3.5 weeks and all materials are included in the tuition of $3800/8 months

I currently work for a non profit organization that's why the MPA appealed to me. But a MBA would work as well. Hmm Im split between should I jump right in or wait to refresh my mind a bit lol I've been running like crazy since July 2017 and my class ends on Jan 21st. I think you know since how many PMs I sent you haha.

I was originally considering patten bc of union discounts. But I saw your thread about hodges and their MPA program made me reconsider. I also saw some threads about patten diploma or something regarding the name?? I have to go back and look at it.

Tbh I'm just really looking for an easy masters to get an extra checkmark for myself and for jobs it's extra 10k in salary difference if I was ever looking to get promoted to be a manager the pay between a ba and a masters is 10k difference.

Is patten all self study competence based as well? You seem to have done super extensive research lol.

For Hodges the writing intensive part is it more than tesu bsba capstone I wonder.

Also the MPA doesn't look math intensive lol while the pattern one has two classes on math