WGU to launch new accelerated bachelors to masters degree

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WGU needs their $$$$$

I don't really see why this comment would make sense. Before this, WGU still required you to wait for a new term to start your grad degree(likely a requirement for federal financial aid), so maintaining that system would only make sense. The grad tuition is slightly more than undergrad tuition so this makes it much more likely to finish the grad degree in a single term by reducing the need to retake redundant classes(and time is money so...). The potential savings is mostly just relevant for the hyper accelerators out there who are outliers. 

Hypothetically, if someone finished the BSIT in a single term and followed that up with the accelerated MSITM in a single term, they'd still finish up with one of the cheapest RA bachelors and masters out there.

The comment was because WGU wants their $$$ from the students. That's how they stay in business. From what I'm reading elsewhere many people are disappointed that they can't accelerate and are stuck paying for at least 2 terms - 1 undergrad and 1 grad. Seems like they thought it would be a true BS/MS program where both degrees are completed at the end and they could do both in 1 term.