What are UMPI courses like?

[natshar]

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One other thing to consider, as a young person without a career yet: think about getting a job at a company that pays for a degree.  For instance, Papa John's will pay 100% if you go to Purdue Global.  Now, they don't have a history degree - but they do have plenty of other courses you will need no matter where you end up.  Walmart will pay 100% or else reimburse up to $5250/yr at a host of colleges.  Starbucks, Taco Bell, Target, Verizon, Chipotle, BofA, etc. all have tuition assistance plans.  If you need to work anyway, you may as well choose a place that will pay for college for you.  Just a thought.

Some ideas:

Taco bell tuition reimbursement starts from day 1 of working there. They offer full tuition at select schools and up to $5k a year at others. And you can also combine it with government aid with pell grant if you choose one of the $5k programs. You only need to work 20 hours a week for this benefit. Many of the schools they offer full tuition at accept ACE credits like sophia, and study.com. (SNHU, UMGC, Brandman, etc)  I don't know if history is one of the options.

Starbucks gets you a degree from Arizona State University online 100% covered costs. You are eligible after 90 days and only need to work 20 hours a week for this. ASU does not take ACE like Sophia but they do take CLEP and DSST tests. So you could knock out many of your gen eds with CLEP and DSST. Also, ASU is 7 week long courses and if you go year round you can finish quicker than 4 years easy. Also Arizona State University Universal Learner is a way to get ASU credits for cheap and they offer a few math classes that are self-paced but end up as real ASU grades on a transcript.

UPS pays really good like starting $15/hr in some places. They offer $5k a year to school with a total of $25k and your eligible on day 1. The shifts are short and can work around college schedules. I know a lot of people who did UPS and college at the same time.

You do need to be out of HS two years for UMPI yourpace as others mentioned.