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It has been a little while since I posted on Degreeforum, but I wanted to pop back in to say I was admitted to Purdue University (main campus, not Global) for their Doctor of Technology program. My Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Masters was accepted from WGU as transfer credits. I'll post a link to the program in case anyone is interested, but at a high level it is kind of like an online technical MBA targeted for CTO/CIO types with a technical focus to transfer in from a masters imo.
Program URL: https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/degrees/d...technology
I should note that unlike WGU and other graduate programs this is not accelerated or relatively affordable. For out of state tuition even with 30 credits coming in the remaining 60 would cost about $75,000 (not including any books and fees). I would not pay for something like this out of pocket as I don't think to ROI would pan out much more than my Masters...but I was also awarded the DoD SMART Scholarship which will cover all costS.
Scholarship URL: https://www.smartscholarship.org/smart
This post is less of a, "Check out this new affordable/quick program" and more of just wanting to let the community know I was able to apply and receive both of these opportunities with my Charter Oak and WGU degrees.
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Congrats! That's amazing!
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Great work! You've surely gone the alternative education/CBE way to get there... Congrats, your hard work paid off!
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(04-11-2022, 12:06 PM)bluebooger Wrote: https://old.reddit.com/r/WGU/comments/tz...echnology/
Haha yes I'm also Mstd0n on Reddit. Just sharing with the communities that helped me get here.
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Congratulations!!! That's an AMAZING scholarship. Good luck in the program!
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Congrats, thats huge! Please update us of your journey.
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Congratulations on your acceptance. I'd be interested to know what is required in regards to a final research project.
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(04-10-2022, 10:00 PM)JTP Wrote: I was also awarded the DoD SMART Scholarship which will cover all costS.
Scholarship URL: https://www.smartscholarship.org/smart Gasp!! One for one years of working for the DoD to “pay back” the scholarship.
I gave Uncle Sam many years of my life.
Don’t know if I would want to give them more lol
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