Degree planning advice, fastest way, need help

[bjcheung77]

Heck, since OP mentioned AS, BS, then ladder to MS, with the 1-1.5 year time frame and having that budget of $9K, plus intrinsic decision on applying to TESU... You can always decide on staying with TESU, jumping to UMPI or another institution. I still suggest completing what I mentioned above, Pierpont BOG AAS & UMPI AALS, ladder up to UMPI BAS, then do UMPI MAOL...

My first thought actually was to do a double Associates and Bachelors at TESU, also using the Bachelors to Masters option to max the graduate credits.  But for a newbie, that's too complicated to explain in a thread post, it's best to get the credits first.  I'll just give you the run down, the TLDR version, this will take much more energy, money, time especially since you have kids...

TESU degrees only require 18 UL credits, the Bachelors to Masters option provides you 12 UL credits, you just need 1 UL course and the UL capstone to fulfill those requirements.  So, BALS you will need 12 UL, BSBA another 12 UL credits.  Some institutions do not allow the 'reusing' of Masters level credits that's been applied to a Bachelors.  To circumvent that, take extra alternative credit UL courses!

Seriously, you can do the Pierpont/UMPI combo in that 1.5 year time frame, probably finish the MAOL also within 2 years.
Here's a quick read where I explained the B to M roughly two years ago: Bachelor to Masters program at TESU