Sophia, Straighterline, or study.com ?

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The only school that doesn't have any RA credit requirement right now is Excelsior and, even then, there is no guarantee that they won't follow in the footsteps of COSC and TESU by the time you enroll. Also, EC doesn't accept as many ACE courses as might otherwise be expected. This makes it harder (though not impossible) to get a degree from them if you're dead-set on not getting RA credit for whatever reason.

I think EC is not so much a matter of not accepting as many ACE courses as you might expect (I think they accept more than TESU, and I know for certain they accept more than COSC); and they also take more IT and other certs; they also accept NA credits.  The main issue I think is that they bring in a lot fewer courses as UL, which is going to be difficult as they require 30cr of UL.

They are the only school out of the Big 3 that offers you to take additional courses there for much less than the other 2.  At EC, if you bring in 113cr and take 7cr there, tuition and fees are $5,300.  If you bring in 107cr and take 13cr there, tuition and fees are $5,850.  So there is a great way to take 2 additional courses (preferably UL) for just $550 more (so $92/cr).  That's a great deal.