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[rachel83az]

Since it sounds like polydale is around 30 years old, it may be difficult to prove homeschooled HS graduation at this point. It might be easier to just take the GED test and move on. It sounds like you've got two choices: No GED and go to COSC for a business degree or take the GED test and go to TESU or UMPI for a comp sci degree. TESU is more expensive, but they do also have a BSBA in Computer Information Systems.

For both COSC and TESU, you would need at least 24 credits from another university or college. The easiest way to start accumulating credits without a GED would be to go through TEL Learning. https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/TEL_Learning ($200 per course or $66 per credit) Once you've completed one or two courses, you should be able to enroll at and get some slightly cheaper credits at Olivet Nazarene https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Ol...University ($150 per course or $50 per credit). Alt credit sources like Sophia.org and Study.com don't require proof of graduation at all.

Of what you've already done, you might be able to get credit from your PMP certificate: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...r-PMP-Cert

COSC won't give you credit for the Google IT Support Professional certificate but TESU will give you 3 credits as long as it's in Credly. I don't remember if anyone has transferred it to UMPI yet but they should also give you at least 3 credits.

Some MS exams are worth ACE or NCCRS credit. TESU should take them, though you might have to "prove" their creditability for the NCCRS exams. COSC will not take the Microsoft exams because they only accept credit from a limited number of sources. UMPI should accept them if they are ACE but not if they are NCCRS.

The quickest and cheapest way to "get credit" for your past work experience would be to blast through the required courses. Both TESU and COSC offer some opportunity for PLA-by-portfolio but it's generally both faster and cheaper, per credit, to just do Study.com courses. I think UMPI also offers PLA but it's faster to just take their courses instead of trying to PLA anything.

A business degree through COSC would probably be the easiest and least-complicated route due to not needing a GED or HS diploma. They do require 30 UL credits and a science with a lab (which you can easily obtain through Study.com or TEL Learning), something that can deter some students.

UMPI would be the most affordable but you would either need to figure out how to prove you graduated per the rules of the state or you'd just need to take the GED exam. They also don't offer the comp sci degree yet, but are planning to offer it by spring of next year at the very latest. UMPI also offers very affordable business (management) degrees and you could, theoretically, start working on one of those while waiting for the CS degree to be offered; then you could graduate with both degrees at once. UMPI is also similar to COSC in that they require a science with a lab, plus they require 3 credits in a foreign language.

TESU would also require the diploma/GED and would be the most expensive but, if you went that route, you could get BOTH a BA in Comp Sci AND a BSBA CIS for only a little bit of additional time/effort/money.

Personally, under the circumstances, I would probably choose COSC for the path of least resistance. But it's up to you to decide.