TESU BACS v.s. SNHU BSCS

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Hi everyone,

I'm thinking about earning a bachelor degree in CS after several years working as a software engineer. Here is my info:

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Your Location: Vietnam
Your Age: 30
What kind of degree do you want?: Undergraduate degree in CS
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 0

Previous Credits: I studied at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) but didn't graduate. Here are the courses I finished there:

• Business Statistics   
  
• Business Information Systems    
  
• Database Concepts     
  
• Introduction To Programming     
  
• Mathematics for Computing      
  
• Programming 1       
  
• Software Engineering Fundamentals
  

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: 0

Certifications or military experience: 0

Work Experience: 9 years of experience working as a software engineer. Currently a lead engineer at a US company.

Main Goal: Earning a bachelor degree in order to pursue a competitive master CS degree in the future.

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My ultimate goal for getting a bachelor degree now is being eligible for a master CS degree at a competitive university in the future. Here are my criteria, from most important to least important:

• Must be a CS degree (most important).
  
• The degree doesn't take too long to finish (less than 2 years, ideally 1 year).
  
• The cost is reasonable (less than $10k is good, although more is still ok).
  
• The knowledge and skills I can learn in the program are significant (least important).
  

I've done some research and it seems that there're two schools that are frequently recommended: TESU and SNHU. Here are my questions:

1) Given my background and goal, which school do you think is better for me? I'd love to hear more insights into each school. If there're other schools you think I should consider, please feel free to mention them too.

2) I have a belief that, in order to prepare for a competitive master CS degree in the future, I should make sure the essential CS subjects in my bachelor degree are GPA-graded rather than just "passing" credits (transferred from external sources). This means I should study those subjects with the university itself rather than study them elsewhere and transfer credits in. This also means, in the case of TESU, all of my RA credits should better be earned from CS subjects studied directly with TESU. Is my thinking correct?

3) Is the Prior Learning Assessment at TESU worth a try for me?

Thank you!