Any reason why I shouldn't attend AJU's for their MBA degree?

[cookderosa]

The reason why I was thinking of not worrying about it being a NA is because I ran across a couple of transferring options. Either taking 15 credits of their MBA and transferring it towards the APU's MBA degree (since they are a NA & RA college). Or completing the whole degree to implement those credits into one of the Capella's doctorate degrees (since the elective courses could be any type of graduate course). They also are an RA college who said that since AJU was with CHEA that their course would be accepted. However, after reading your statement I must admit it will take a bit of time to complete the PHD if I chose that route. Which would make me have to go by the MBA credentials for a while. I just thought about the end picture. Figuring that once a PHD was obtained no-one would care about the MBA, so that's why I figured it could just be used as a stepping stone. The problem with all of that is that I really could care less about having an MBA. I don't know where any of my degrees will take me. I've always wanted to have them and it's taken me too many years to finally get them and I don't want to stop acquiring them until I have to. I really just want to be prepared for whatever comes my way once I get back out in the work place by having them... I actually probably won't even use them, it will make me happy just to have accomplished getting them... but just in case... I want to be ready!!!

You can apply directly into a PhD program (or DBA), there is no reason to get the MBA if a doctorate is your goal. A master's is usually *but not always* gained on the way to a PhD if you stay at the same school- in your case where you are considering a different school (Capella), you'll be doing both without overlap. That's a LOT of grad credits- well over 100 by my calculations. Are you sure? The cost and time involved will be very steep. Will your income recover those costs?
It's like getting an Associate, and then getting a Bachelor's without brining in the Associates (60+120) as opposed to going straight for the Bachelor's (120).

I know there are a lot of people who could make an argument for doing both- but I just wanted to say that you don't have to do one enroute to the other.

I like your plan of using APUS to launder your AJU credits. Smart