Hello All.

Is there anyone on this forum that is going for their BSBA in Public Administration @ TESC? I am trying to do a cost comparison between Excelsior & TESC and I cannot get a complete picture unless I know all the classes I need for TESC. I just need to know what classes need to be taken to fulfill the "Areas of Study - 18 credit" portion of the Degree plan.

I am planning on choosing TESC for the following reasons:

(1) Excelsior has a WER, meaning that I will have to take the course at a community college or through Penn Foster. TESC will accept the English Composition w/ essay for 6 credits.

(2) Excelsior will only accept FEMA credits if they're transcribed through either Clackamus or Frederick Community College, and then they will only accept a maximum of 15 credits. TESC will accept up to 27 for free. (I have 25 raw FEMA credits)

(3) Excelsior requires you to take "their" exams for a few courses such as Business Policy and a few others. Excelsior is $290 per credit hour. TESC will accept their equivalents (Business Policy, et cetera) from other accredited institutions. TESC is $165 per credit hour.

(4) Excelsior only gives upper level credits for courses (300) and up & will not award alot of Upper Level Credit for Dantes exams. TESC gives upper level credits for courses (200) and up and gives upper-level credit for all Dantes exams (w/probably a few exceptions).

If their is anyone on here who can help me with this matter, that would be a great help to me. I am still racking my brain to see which college I should go with and for me it's a money issue. I like the fact that Excelsior accepts payment plans and TESC doesn't but in the end if I come out ahead at TESC, then that is where I will be. I just don't like the fact that I will have to come out of pocket at TESC for $2,397 all up front, when Excelsior only charges $1,465 and will take payment arrangements. But based on an brief analysis I did between the two for my Associates Degree, Excelsior was only around $200 cheaper than TESC. That's why I would like to know a complete blueprint of how many classes/CLEPS/DANTES exams I will need to complete for TESC to obtain my BSBA in Public Administration. Then I will do the same analysis for a BSBA in General Business for Excelsior.

Thanks in advance for your help and continued support.

From a loyal degree seeker,

Marshall

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Marshall
Excelsior College (enrolled)
B.S. Liberal Studies (51 credits down, 69 to go)

CLEPS:
Social Sciences & History (60)-Principles of Management (68)-Principles of Marketing (72)-Introductory Sociology (69)-Financial Accounting (53)-Introductory Psychology (66)-Intro to Educational Psychology (56)-Human Growth & Development (59)-Analyzing & Interpreting Lit (64)-English Composition w/essay (50)

Courses:
Real Estate Principles & Practices (A), Real Estate Law (A), Real Estate Finance (A),Real Estate Appraisal (A), Information Literacy (B), NFA-Q318, NFA-Q118, NFA-137, ALEKS Beginning Algebra (76%), ALEKS Intermediate Algebra (73%)

Quotes:
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us" - Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least." - Goethe