my unofficial transcript - your profound wisdom

[dfrecore]

It looks like you've done the ONE thing I tell people never to do, because it screws everything up - you've changed majors at least once, possibly twice, and that is going to cause problems for people no matter what school you go to. In looking at hundreds and hundreds of transcripts over the years, this is THE problem that causes people to quit school even when they have a bazillion credits. Just a public service announcement here, because there's nothing you can do about it at this point, but someone is going to read this and possibly change their mind and stick with a plan they might have been tempted to change, so it's not for nothing.

Next: when you're looking at getting a degree, you should be looking FORWARD rather than BACKWARDS. Looking backwards is saying "what did you give me for the credits I already took?" Looking forward is saying "what will it take in time/money to finish my degree?" It is very important that you look forwards, because that's the important part of the equation! It doesn't matter how many credits you "lose" in the process, it only matters what it will take to complete your degree. That is the ONLY thing you should focus on. If a school took ALL of your credits, but charged you $25k and 3 years to complete that final course there, that is not a better deal than a school that takes zero but charges you $5k and 6 months to complete it.
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On to you: you need very specific requirements for a BSBA, and you don't have all of those courses; not to mention the specific GE requirements. And then, you were trying to get a PTA degree, and almost NONE of those courses will work for a BSBA, where you only have 6cr of Free Electives allowed. When I look at your list, there are 42 of those credits, less the 6 you can keep = 36cr "lost" for the BSBA. The total to complete the 16 remaining courses there is about $6700.

If you opted for a BALS, you could actually use more of those credits, since you can use 27cr of free electives in that degree. So only 15cr "lost". Still not great, but better. When I look at it, you're actually only 24cr away from the BALS, with 6cr of that being the cornerstone and capstone. You need an Ethics course (free) and a US Government or Comparative Politics course to complete your GE's, then 4 UL Liberal Studies courses, and you're ready to enroll. The price to complete the 8 remaining courses there should be close to $6k.

Now, if you opted for a BSLS at COSC, it would be cheaper. You would actually have 60cr of free electives (actually "non-liberal arts" is what they call them there), so few credits lost. You just need 30cr of UL: an UL Ethics course would be good (BUS 310: Advanced Business Ethics from Study.com maybe), and an UL US History/Govt course if you don't have one (I can't tell what your history course is in, TESU didn't list the name). You seem to have 1 UL course already (Abnormal Psych). And then 4 more UL courses for your major (Business/Marketing/Leadership type course) to combine with courses you already have that are LL; and then 2 add'l UL courses, and you're done. 8 UL total. Then cornerstone & capstone. Total price to complete the 10 remaining courses there would be around $3650 if you could finish the cornerstone and capstone in a single term.

I know that sounds like a lot for someone with 138cr already, but I can almost guarantee you you'll have this issue at almost any school you choose. Because many schools want a lot more than 18 or 30 UL credits. Or you have to take a certain % of the degree with them. Or they're more expensive than the Big 3. Or any number of reasons.

All this to say that I would switch to the TESU/BALS or COSC/BSLS to make the most of the credits you've already taken, and just finish your degree and be done with it, "lost" credits and all.