Help With Path To a Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical engineering Technology

[Jervosh78]

Hi All,

  I am 47 and planning to return to college to get my bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering Technology after an approximately 12 year hiatus from formal education. Unfortunately life happened, and other things became priorities. I reached the point where I felt the degree i was working towards (ASMET) wasn't going to benefit me as I already made more at the company I was with, than I could have started out any where else with just an ASMET. So I never considered going back to finish the degree, until the job i was at no longer existed and I found my self trying to replace my very good income with no degree and a very specialized skill that didn't apply to anywhere outside if the company I had been working for. I refuse to ever be in that situation again, and the company I am currently at is growing, and has real potential for me to be at till I retire. I currently do some low level engineering at this company, and have decided to work towards My BSMET in order to move up in the Engineering department. 

That brings me to my reason for posting here. I have some questions about the path I am considering taking to reach my goals.

  I have 24 credits that I believe will transfer form my local community collage from when I started on the path of getting an Associates degree in MET back in 2011. Possibly less due to the time since I have taken the courses, and I am not sure the math credits will be valid at this point.

My current #1 Choice of schools is ECPI University's School of Technology, as they have an accelerated program that is able to be completed 100% online. If anyone knows of another university that offers a similar option I'd be open to exploring it as well.

I would like to get as many credits as possible through Study.com and similar alterative options in order to finish the degree faster than the 2.5 year time frame that ECPI says it can be done in. I'm wondering if anyone has had experience with transferring credits to EPCI and which of the courses at SDC have been accepted?

Also would I be able to continue to use SDC to finish credits while taking the core classes at the university, or do the need to be transferred in prior to starting the degree path?

I am certain there are a lot of missing pieces here, and I will be happy to answer any questions that may help fill in the blanks.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this. Any answers or advice you can offer will be greatly appreciated.

[turbotortuga]

Hi All,

  I am 47 and planning to return to college to get my bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering Technology after an approximately 12 year hiatus from formal education. Unfortunately life happened, and other things became priorities. I reached the point where I felt the degree i was working towards (ASMET) wasn't going to benefit me as I already made more at the company I was with, than I could have started out any where else with just an ASMET. So I never considered going back to finish the degree, until the job i was at no longer existed and I found my self trying to replace my very good income with no degree and a very specialized skill that didn't apply to anywhere outside if the company I had been working for. I refuse to ever be in that situation again, and the company I am currently at is growing, and has real potential for me to be at till I retire. I currently do some low level engineering at this company, and have decided to work towards My BSMET in order to move up in the Engineering department. 

That brings me to my reason for posting here. I have some questions about the path I am considering taking to reach my goals.

  I have 24 credits that I believe will transfer form my local community collage from when I started on the path of getting an Associates degree in MET back in 2011. Possibly less due to the time since I have taken the courses, and I am not sure the math credits will be valid at this point.

My current #1 Choice of schools is ECPI University's School of Technology, as they have an accelerated program that is able to be completed 100% online. If anyone knows of another university that offers a similar option I'd be open to exploring it as well.

I would like to get as many credits as possible through Study.com and similar alterative options in order to finish the degree faster than the 2.5 year time frame that ECPI says it can be done in. I'm wondering if anyone has had experience with transferring credits to EPCI and which of the courses at SDC have been accepted?

Also would I be able to continue to use SDC to finish credits while taking the core classes at the university, or do the need to be transferred in prior to starting the degree path?

I am certain there are a lot of missing pieces here, and I will be happy to answer any questions that may help fill in the blanks.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this. Any answers or advice you can offer will be greatly appreciated.

Wow, that school is pricey. Are you military affiliated? If so then UND has a ABET Mechanical Engineering program online that might work for you.

https://engineering.und.edu/academics/me...index.html

[Jonathan Whatley]

TAMU-Corpus Christi has a competency-based (priced per credit) online plus short-residency BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology. University of Alabama has an online short-residency BS in Mechanical Engineering.

[Jervosh78]

I do realize ECPI is rather pricey. I intend to transfer most of the core credits in using Study.com and similar programs, so the over all price will be much less. The driving factor is the 5 week terms and two courses per term, which should allow me to complete the degree within a year providing that all the transfer credits are accepted.

[bjcheung77]

At most, you'll be able to transfer the general education and electives, this is for all institutions, as the major is the requirement for residency purposes. If you're going to transfer Sophia.org, Study.com, etc, you want to email them to see what your remaining classes will be, just to get an idea... From a quick glance, their major is ~70 credits, thus, the max you can transfer would be roughly ~50 credits.