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[bjcheung77]

I only transferred in Sophia. I'm going to try and finish it in 1 semester (2 terms) but I might need 3-4 terms.

Finish in 1 Term: $1400
Finish in 2 Terms: $2800
Finish in 3 Terms: $4200
Finish in 4 Terms: $5600
Finish in 5 Terms: $7000

TESU transferring in 114, is around the 6.5k mark. Plus you have to spend hundreds to thousands on getting the extra credits beyond Sophia.

I transferred in everything except public speaking from Sophia.org for a Business Administration - Leadership degree this is what they told me I need to do:

BUS 200 Intermediate Business Computer
BUS 220 Managerial Accounting
MAT 140 Mathematics for Business
BUS 244 Management Information System 
BUS 240 Change Management
BIO 105 Human Biology
BUS 330 Marketing Management
BUS 353 Legal & Ethical Environment of Business
BUS 260 Leadership
BUS 321 Human Resource Management
BUS 325 Financial Management
POS 101 American Government
BUS 440 Business Analytics
BUS 415 Operaitons MAnagement
HUM 103 Creative Decision Making or ENG 211 Creative WRiting
Foreign Language Class (French or Spanish) -- this was waived for me but you would need to do it if oyu're not deaf.
BUS 335 Organizational Behavior
BUS 469 Strategic Professional Communication
BUS 489 Business Policy @ Strategy

If you're doing liberal studies, you can pass a lot sooner.

19 classes / 57 credits. So doing all of Sophia basically netted me 63 of my 120 credits. 52% of the total degree! Not shabby right? The other stuff transferred in as electives. 

If you did liberal studies you would easily transfer in 80 of your 120 at UMPI! 

So again if you do 1 class a week, you will need 15 weeks to finish it off after Sophia. Each Term/Session is 8 weeks long. So you can finish it in two terms/sessions (One semester)

Considering the 19 classes left to take I listed above, anyone that is considering going to UMPI straight after doing everything at Sophia will only need to take 15 classes roughly. So... Again considering those (days rounded);

For Business Administration Transferring only Sophia.org CHEAPER THEN TESU
1 Term Completion = 19 Classes / One class every 3 Days / $1400
2 Term Completion = 19 Classes / 9.5 Classes Per Term / One class every 6 days / $2800
3 Term Completion = 19 Classes / 6 Classes Per Term / One class every 9 Days / $4200
4 Term completion = 19 Classes / 4.75 Classes Per Term / One class every 12 days / $5600

For Liberal Studies and ANY Minor Transferring only Sophia.org CHEAPER THEN TESU **estimate**
1 Term Completion = 10 Classes / One class every 6 Days / $1400
2 Term Completion = 10 Classes / 5 Classes Per Term / One class every 11 days / $2800
3 Term Completion = 10 Classes / 3 Classes Per Term / One class every 17 Days / $4200
4 Term completion = 10 Classes / 2 Classes Per Term / One class every 22.4 days / $5600

So it's super possible to do this in 4 terms or less after Sophia. I am about to start my first term that starts tomorrow, yay! I'm going to try for 1 class a week but if I can go faster I will! \o/ If I'm able to do this it means my total cost of a degree was $2800. If I don't do this, I don't think I'm in a bad shape until I start hitting more than 4 terms.

Again, if you're liberal studies major with a minor. You can graduate so much sooner, with less required classes and more electives You can easily do it in 1 semester without being stressed as Sophia would easily cover 75% of your degree over 66%. Liberal Studies (with any minor) can walk through it rather quickly with minimal upper levels needed.

Even without financial aid I think after Sophia.org UMPI is a great choice.

This is an awesome post, I totally agree with this as it is possible to be cheaper than the Big 3 (Including COSC) if you can set yourself up and pace yourself in finishing the degree within say two or three terms. Essentially shoot for two terms finish but settle for three or four.

This is very doable for the BALS with ANY minor (whatever floats your boat from their offerings), hopefully they'll add more! UMPI is great... I would consider them over Brandman/WGU if they offer a program that is not available from either of these...