TESC and the Air Force

[tsimmns]

Wasn't exactly where to post this, but just wanted to mention this. Don't knkw if it's been mentioned but TESC must be targeting military more now. The other day in the most recent AF times they had took out a half-page ad which usually has colleges like AMU, Columbia Southern, Columbia College, and etc. I hope this is viewed as a plus and that more and more people are hearing about TESC. Not sure how or if anyone knows about it other than me here at my base in MS, but hopefully one day it's well perceived in everyone's eyes like it is on this forum.

[cookderosa]

Wasn't exactly where to post this, but just wanted to mention this. Don't knkw if it's been mentioned but TESC must be targeting military more now. The other day in the most recent AF times they had took out a half-page ad which usually has colleges like AMU, Columbia Southern, Columbia College, and etc. I hope this is viewed as a plus and that more and more people are hearing about TESC. Not sure how or if anyone knows about it other than me here at my base in MS, but hopefully one day it's well perceived in everyone's eyes like it is on this forum.

When I did my military research this summer, I had a huge list of military friendly colleges, but found only a handful to really be military friendly when you got down to it. TESC is one of the schools I picked for my list in my book.
TESC's tuition falls under the TA cap of $250/cr., which means no out of pocket. You can get credit for ACE (no out of pocket), CLEP and DSST (no out of pocket) and they're RA (TONS of "military friendly" colleges are only NA) and if you use just TESC classes you can complete 8 associate or 28 bachelor's degrees (more if you're willing to test out). I think they're great, and I'm glad they got some press.

[gingerbeefE]

I recommend TESC to a lot of people at Yokota AB nearly everyone I talk about college to has heard about it now. Not only do they fall under the 250/cr but my TA also covered my TESC exams. $4500 in TA is enough to cover over 30 TECEP exams XD. I am not really concerned on how popular they get, I would rather them not get a reputation like ashford, AMU, or university of phoenix.

[hightecrebel]

I recommend TESC to a lot of people at Yokota AB nearly everyone I talk about college to has heard about it now. Not only do they fall under the 250/cr but my TA also covered my TESC exams. $4500 in TA is enough to cover over 30 TECEP exams XD. I am not really concerned on how popular they get, I would rather them not get a reputation like ashford, AMU, or university of phoenix.

What reputation does AMU have?

[gingerbeefE]

What reputation does AMU have?

I'm not an employer so I couldn't tell exactly, but from my understanding is that 100% online degrees are frowned upon. If I saw a graduate from a AMU/APU, univeristy of phoenix, or ashford I would assume they completed all the classes online eventhough they have brick and mortar schools aswell. Not saying TESC is "better" ( for getting an education) or the other ones are bad schools, but I feel as the more the more people know the less they respect it.

Highest Salary College Rankings by School
on this site APU is ranked 897/1002 ( which blows my mind because I would imagine most graduates would be formar military with tons of expirence)
Thomas edison is 332/1002
WGU is 569/1002
Ashford 990/1002
Phoenix is all over the place cause they have like 20 schools

[Prloko]

Highest Salary College Rankings by School
on this site APU is ranked 897/1002 ( which blows my mind because I would imagine most graduates would be formar military with tons of expirence)
Thomas edison is 332/1002
WGU is 569/1002
Ashford 990/1002
Phoenix is all over the place cause they have like 20 schools

I used to like that survey until I viewed the sample sizes. No where near enough salaries to get a complete picture.

[cookderosa]

What reputation does AMU have?

Without regard to reputation, Ashford, AMU and UoP are all for-profit schools while TESC is a non-profit. For some people, that matters.

[gingerbeefE]

I used to like that survey until I viewed the sample sizes. No where near enough salaries to get a complete picture.

just looked it up, it says that it varies per school but each one has between ~50-4000. Worst case scenario 50,000 sample size. They claim an average of 325 per school, not sure if that is their mean or mode if that was their mean it would be 325k+ sample size. That's a good enough sample size for me XD. I would imagine it is a lot more accurate for massive schools. I feel like their confidence intervals are on point, but more of the problem lies in where the most of the degrees are coming from. If a school produces a lot of science and arts degree it would have a way different range than a school that produces mostly arts degrees.