UMPI instead of WGU?

[ssweene1]

So... as the old saying goes, "I wish I would have found this forum sooner!"

This is my first post. I am a 44 year old, mid-career IT turned marketing professional who is career-stuck without my degree, so I am decided to go to WGU and get my degree in Marketing. I have had no formal college education, this is my first foray in this realm. I am not a novice to adult learning, however, with over 15 technical certifications mainly in old Microsoft disciplines.

As it currently sits, I have 51 CUs that would transfer into WGU, mainly Sophia with 2 Saylor's thrown in...

Of course, now that I started reading up on UMPI YourPace and there seems to be be some major advantages that I can tell, namely additional Sophia courses I can take, and my Google certifications (which I have four from Coursera, the IT, Data Analyst, Project Management, and Digital Marketing) and the UX one is almost completed AS WELL as my Microsoft Azure cert from Microsoft (among the many expired technical certifications I have)

I originally started looking at WGU years ago because of the IT component but now that I am looking at a business degree (marketing) I think UMPI might be better for me and I maybe making a mistake. I have already started the process with WGU, did my FAFSA, and had my transcripts sent to them but I have not gone through the full enrollment process, my start date is setting up to be April so I have not done an intake interview or had my transcipts evaluated yet.


Am I crazy to think about putting on the brakes with WGU and entertaining UMPI? As I am not enrolled there is no penalty I am assuming and I can just send FAFSA over the UMPI? 

Interested in any feedback!
-scott