CS or related Bachelors, which way to go?

[hels-at-work]

@hels-at-work, Welcome to the board, great intro post with the addendum, template, and some extra info. I was wondering, in your shoes, would you go for a 'one and done' option such as Pierpont BOG AAS with Info System emphasis, UMPI BAS MIS/PM double minor plus 4 classes that go towards the MAOL, and then finish with the MAOL?  Proctoring shouldn't be too much of an issue, you can schedule it anytime you can/want as it's just recording yourself doing the exam, if that works, then TESU and Study.com BACS/BS CIS combo would work...

If you can get tuition assistance or reimbursement with this option, it'll be the better mix/match option of certs, degree, experience, you'll be well versed in Business, MIS/IT, Management, Organizational Leadership.  If not a one and done option, then I suggest your current path of SNHU then ladder to HAU MBA, you'll be well versed in Business and Computer Science.  It really depends on how you want to work on things and the energy, money, time, or the ROI/Value, and then personalize the degree path to suit you... Decide and reply back!

I can certainly survive a proctored exam if it doesn't necessarily require a synchronous appt with another person.  

A possibly important aspect I failed to mention is that the 'higher positions' are not necessarily on a management track, but rather more advanced flavors of 'engineer'. So a Bachelor of Applied Science or the BACS/BS CIS could work, but any masters program would need to be more technical than managerial in nature, like the OMSCS. Other people in similar positions to the ones I am aspiring to have degrees like BS CIS, BS CS & MS Computational Sciences, MS Information Systems, BS Mathematics & MS Mathematics (no idea on focus).

If I were following the first path you suggested, I would:

Do the Pierpont BOG AAS with the area of focus of Info Systems
Do the UMPI BAS with the suggested double minor
Possibly move on to a Masters program

And the second would be to complete the SNHU BS CS, then the MBA at HAU.
And the last would be TESU BACS/BS CIS double degree?

The last two sound like they would be the closer to my ideal path as they have more 'technical' sounding degree paths.

Besides the TESU path having the bonus of a double degree, is the primary benefit of TESU vs SNHU that it would allow a greater amount of transfer credits? In any case, deciding between the TESU path and the SNHU path would probably come down to time for me. If one route has the opportunity to be significantly faster (obviously dependent on my own dedication to the task), that would be ideal. If they're likely to be roughly similar, then I would likely go the TESU route, as the double degree would look very nice on an application, and the knowledge wouldn't hurt either.

The WGU degrees did look promising when I first started researching all of this, but I shied away because of the idea that if I accidentally take 13 months to complete it, I could end up paying quite a bit more. And my work will only reimburse me for individual courses once they are completed & passed, so I am concerned that WGU wouldn't work at all (though that's an admin issue to figure out with my company). However, if that offered possible speed over the other routes I'd be very open.

tl;dr - the more 'technical' the degree title the better. If I were to ultimately pursue a Masters (fairly likely), it would be something akin to OMSCS or WGU's IT one. Speed is preferred, even if it comes at greater expense.

Thanks again!