Denied Acceptance for Master's Programs with Testing Out degree?

[bjcheung77]

LOL - this gets asked a few times every year - the answer depends on many many variables for acceptance into any Masters degree. The following is my recommendation for any type of masters you or anyone is heading into or thinking of applying to.

1) Review your entry requirements for each graduate program you're interested in
2) Make sure to complete all requirements before applying to each program
3) Most graduate programs will require some type of GPA at the undergrad level, 30 to 60 credits worth
If that is the case for your program, such as a pre-medical/professional program, get those done at a community college
4) Some graduate programs require entrance exams, like the LSAT/MCAT/GRE - study for them
5) Other programs require extra curricular and job experiences, get working on those

A degree from any of the Big 3 or WGU is equivalent to any local/state university, the only difference is the way you obtained the majority of credits are through alternative means. These are regionally accredited and some degree programs have that secondary/programmatic accreditation.

I usually don't even bother looking at reviews, but if you do review some, you would notice that the Big 3/WGU are in the top 500 for online enrollment. They're ranked in the top 10 for adult education, the list goes on. But, they're not Ivy League colleges, they don't get the same recognition and you're def not paying that high of a price for these degrees.

The voluntary secondary/programmatic accreditation for these programs don't always get you into a similar graduate level based degree, for example, most Business AACSB programs want their undergrad also to come from AACSB, but there are a few "smaller" programs that will accept ACBSP or just regionally accredited programs.

TLDR - All in all, get your prerequisites done and all the check boxes checked. A Big 3/WGU is the same as any non ivy league post secondary school. Don't settle for Nationally Accredited unless there are no other options, NA schools have less acceptance than RA schools.