HappyPeanut - Degree Plan

[HappyPeanut]

Have you looked into where you want to earn your degree from? UMPI's BLS is pretty easy to complete in under a year is you spend the time working on ACE courses and transfer in as much as possible.

https://online.umpi.edu/

I was thinking about Charter Oak College, but i can consider UMPI!

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If you're starting from scratch, with no prior schooling, and assuming you want an RA bachelor's, UMPI is probably your best option to get it done fast and cheaply. Excelsior is a possible secondary choice.

I don't have any other suggestions right now, other people have much more experience with those two schools.

How about Thomas Edison State ? any good?

COSC and TESU both require 30cr from an RA school - so 24cr brought in, and then 6cr taken at each school (cornerstone and capstone).  This makes everything take longer and is more expensive because of it.

COSC also has limited the course providers they will allow.

So generally, with the Big 3:
1) EC is the easiest now because they don't require any RA credit - but they do require 30cr of UL and are picky about how they'll hand that out; price is between TESU and COSC
2) TESU requires only 15 or 18cr of UL, but they require you to bring in 24cr of RA - most expensive, but has degrees that EC and COSC don't
3) COSC requires you to bring in 24cr of RA - least expensive, requires you to create a concentration pairing that "fits", limited course providers

UMPI in comparison:
1) Less expensive than EC & TESU
2) has some interesting concentrations/minors that the others don't have
3) seems fairly lenient with ACE credit acceptance, and has an agreement with TESU that you can see online, which should guide your choices if you want Sophia

For someone with zero credit, and no set degree they want, UMPI is going to be the cheapest and fastest of the bunch.  EC is 2nd - more flexible, and doesn't require RA credit.

Thank you so much for the info! i will try out UMPI! i just got started today at Sophia!