Newlane University

[Tomas]

You will probably have to check with them, they are fairly new and don't have many students, I don't remember details about their classes and transfers being discussed anywhere.

[Ares]

US Department of Education recognizes it too..

https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/institution-profile/256131

[Tomas]

While it is not directly comparable due to number of reasons, it is amazing they built this on a shoestring budget - I have learned about Kickstarter campaign where they raised $30k to get accredited, whereas eg. UoPeople received a grant of $600k for the same.

One interesting thing is price is $1500 for those with AA degree, I thought AA degree in US system is not meant as a stair climbed after which one can continue with bachelors, thought one still needs to apply for credit recognition towards bachelors and only some credits might count, not whole AA degree...

[Jonathan Whatley]

One interesting thing is price is $1500 for those with AA degree, I thought AA degree in US system is not meant as a stair climbed after which one can continue with bachelors, thought one still needs to apply for credit recognition towards bachelors and only some credits might count, not whole AA degree...

Most often, a bachelor's program will require an associate's holder to transfer each credit on a credit-by-credit basis in which some credits might not count. However, some bachelor's programs allow "block transfer" by which an entire associate's degree is accepted in transfer (even if every credit in the associate's might not otherwise be accepted independently at that bachelor's school). Sometimes where this block transfer is available it's available only for an AA or AS, not for an occupational associate's such as an AAS or AOS.

[bjcheung77]

Basically, AA, AS, are the stair climber degrees where you ladder into a BA, BS major easily. It's the AAS and other applied degrees that are generally a terminal degree for the student to start working right afterwards. Due to the nature of these degrees, the classes generally aren't transferable, having said that, there are many BAS and other BA/BS degrees that have at least 30 credits that are electives (which can be anything), thus, you can just throw those non transfer friendly classes into that electives section and continue onwards with the Bachelors!