Advice for my 17 year old daughter with over 100 credits done... Computer/IT Focused.

[MNomadic]

Currently, all of her EC-Council certs and classes from Cincinnati State and the University of Cincinnati have been paid for by her high school. The only cost we have had is the UoPeople.

Awesome! Yeah you can't argue with that price so definitely keep going with those!

As for a couple of overlaps, she didn't want to wait on her Bachelor's from UoPeople to do the Discrete Math in the Spring at UC. She chose to do Discrete Math at UoPeople now and then again at UC, knowing it wouldn't transfer from UoPeople to UC.

Understandable!

Masters - Computer Science
Master - Cyber Security

Georgia tech's online MSCS(computing systems concentration) and online MS cybersecurity-information security track are actually very similar, and depending on class selection, can be only a handful of courses apart. They still limit the amount of transfer credits between programs but based on your priorities and the tuition at GT(OMSCS is actually a little cheaper) she could go for the OMSCS first, and then if she later wants the cybersecurity degree, it may be less classes.

Do you all know of any quicker paths for her to have a Bachelor's in hand that would qualify her for the above-listed master's programs she wants?

Depending on how well she does with self paced, she could potentially finish a BSCS at WGU in a matter of months. She sounds very bright and disciplined, so I'd say it's doable. Classes at WGU are all comprised of only a single, high stakes final exam, or a project(sometimes both) but you aren't limited by schedules, "busy work" or anything like that.WGU is generally free to apply to, so it may be worth just applying and having all her transcripts sent over to see how much she has left. They would accept her technical associates degrees as block transfers for all gen eds, some LL tech courses and of course any other course that they feel aligns with degree requirements. 


Another option would be the BACS from TESU(I'm not sure if being a BA vs BS would matter to her). She could potentially transfer in everything except for a cornerstone and capstone course, which she could do in one semester and graduate. There are many people on this forum doing just that. I'd say it's worth applying to see what transfers would count and she may be able to finish some missing courses from study.com in a matter of a few months.

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Also wanted to add that several of the EC Council certs are ACE recommended for credit, so they could potentially help, depending on the school:

https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pa...0d3a3638df