Another option which is not the big 3 but check your local community college. At associates level it might be a quicker and cheaper option than the big 3 espically if you get finicanal aid and they take clep. Most community colleges accept 45 credits as transfer and only require 15 in residence. Although, for example, two CC's near me both allow 45 credits transferred for an associate one only allowed 30 of it to be credit by exam (clep,dsst, etc.) vs actual transfer classes while the other CC allowed up all 45 be credit by exam.
Say you found a CC that allowed 45 credits to be transferred by CLEP. Then you could get an associates in just a single semester. Many CC's offer online, 7-week and self-paced and other options so it could be even quicker.
Associates degrees aren't usually the best bang for your buck at the big 3 and will set you back a minimum for 4k I believe.
I'm just going with my CC that accepts 45 credit by exam as an example here. They are around 100/credit, plus fees, so it would be 2k or which is half the cost and that is assuming you have no scholarships or grants.
I got my third associate's degree I got from a different CC than where the other 2 associates were earned at. For this I only earned 16 credits at the CC, the rest were all prior transfer credits. And of those 16 credits: 9 credits were self-paced online courses through the CC and 2 credits were a weekend seminar at the CC. And the total cost after financial aid for everything was they paid me about $100. Although I did use my previous B&M coursework many general associates it is entirely possible to do to 45 credits of it all via clep, including the AGS I earned was possible this way. Also more and more CC's are starting to take ACE as well you just need to your research.
Also union members of certain unions can get a free associates degree: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...e-s-Degree
You could transfer all your clep credits to gateway and do a semester there for free.
Just letting you know to do some research if an associate is your goal the big 3 might not be the quickest or cheapest option. Plus a local degree could provide an edge and more validity.
And if you are part of a union and do the eastern gateway they have a criminal justice degree and accept clep.
As far as the big 3 is concerned TESU and Excelsior both have criminal justice associates. COSC only has a general one
Say you found a CC that allowed 45 credits to be transferred by CLEP. Then you could get an associates in just a single semester. Many CC's offer online, 7-week and self-paced and other options so it could be even quicker.
Associates degrees aren't usually the best bang for your buck at the big 3 and will set you back a minimum for 4k I believe.
I'm just going with my CC that accepts 45 credit by exam as an example here. They are around 100/credit, plus fees, so it would be 2k or which is half the cost and that is assuming you have no scholarships or grants.
I got my third associate's degree I got from a different CC than where the other 2 associates were earned at. For this I only earned 16 credits at the CC, the rest were all prior transfer credits. And of those 16 credits: 9 credits were self-paced online courses through the CC and 2 credits were a weekend seminar at the CC. And the total cost after financial aid for everything was they paid me about $100. Although I did use my previous B&M coursework many general associates it is entirely possible to do to 45 credits of it all via clep, including the AGS I earned was possible this way. Also more and more CC's are starting to take ACE as well you just need to your research.
Also union members of certain unions can get a free associates degree: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...e-s-Degree
You could transfer all your clep credits to gateway and do a semester there for free.
Just letting you know to do some research if an associate is your goal the big 3 might not be the quickest or cheapest option. Plus a local degree could provide an edge and more validity.
And if you are part of a union and do the eastern gateway they have a criminal justice degree and accept clep.
As far as the big 3 is concerned TESU and Excelsior both have criminal justice associates. COSC only has a general one
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