Needs help deciding on degree (BACS vs BSIT vs BSBA)

[sanantone]

If you're going to do a business degree with an IT concentration at WGU, then you might as well do it at TESU. I recommend WGU for IT programs that are hard to test out of, but the BSBA in CIS at TESU is test-friendly. 

Whatever you're going to end up doing, you're always going to have competition. Your competition will likely have the same experience as you, but will have degrees from more traditional schools. TESU is not well-known, and the state university name makes it seem like a traditional school. With all the advertising, WGU is well-known as an online school. TESU's capstone course will give you a GPA. You won't have a GPA at WGU.

With your background and goals, I would aim a little higher than WGU for a master's degree. I assume you make good money, and you may even get tuition reimbursement. You can easily find an online master's program for less than $20k that will take 12 to 18 months to complete. My University of Florida program is about $16k or $17k, and I'm on track to finish in 12 months.

Thanks, that's exactly what I'd like to do, get the Bachelors quick, and then purse a MS from an institution with more brand cachet. At this point it's either the BSBA-CIS or the BACS from TESU. They both overlap about 90% on the classes and would come out to the same cost. I know the next question is subjective, but for those who've done one or the other, which is better?

I did the BSBA in CIS. There's not really a lot of overlap because the BSBA requires a lot of business courses, and the BACS requires higher-level math courses. The BSBA in CIS is more test-friendly, but the BACS is much more technical. 

If you want to get a master's in CS, the BSBA in CIS will usually not meet the admissions requirement.