Which of the big 3 are cheapest if you have all credits required to graduate already?

[LevelUP]

TESU is around $5000 if you do the flat-rate term or by doing two courses if you take the Edx course for SOS-110.
(Note Edx SOS-110 ONLY works for the Computer Science degree according to TESU advising)

For General Ed, TESU will take the D grade for English Comp II.

If you do the Computer Science degree, then all you need is:  (besides completing general ed)
COS-241 Data Structures
MAT-231 Calculus I
MAT-270 Discrete Mathematics
COS-240 Operating Systems
COS-330 Computer Architecture
4 UL courses (not sure if you have anything that transfers in as UL)
https://www.tesu.edu/heavin/ba/computer-science

If you do the Business Administration degree, it looks like you'll need at least 10 courses for the professional and AOS requirements.
https://www.tesu.edu/business/undergradu...on-systems

[Randyb100]

UMPI has no application or graduation fees. No textbooks. Everything is included in the price. Most students here are able to finish their required 10 classes in 2 sessions (8 weeks) for a total cost of $2800. You might have to take more classes than you would for TESU or Excelsior, but they are literally the cheapest and fastest way to get many degrees. If you are able to finish in those 8 weeks, it will be cheaper than WGU.

That's pricey. Are there no other cheaper options? I saw Study.com transferred to a lot of colleges. I will check out UMPI. I didn't realize you could do several like that. I thought you'd just have to take them like a regular university does.

Well it seems that I have no choice but to take a ton of classes somewhere. I don't have the 5-6000 to pay to finish out of pocket. I do have Amazon Career Choice and the Uber scholarship with ASU, but it seems pointless now since I can just do those classes at TESU or UMPI or something.

I just mentioned WGU because I was enrolled there. I didn't have the time to accelerate and just did the minimum 12 credits per term, so I really wasted my shot at getting my degree. I work a lot so I don't have time, and if UMPI is going to be like that I might not have time to accelerate there, either. 

I will go ahead and enroll into Excelsior just to see how the evaluation stands, but I am still looking for a college that will accept them all. I'll also try TESU to see how they transfer in, and if they will accept my Comp 2 then I'll just go with them. Maybe they'll let me make payments or something.

TESU is around $5000 if you do the flat-rate term or by doing two courses if you take the Edx course for SOS-110.

For General Ed, TESU will take the D grade for English Comp II.

Thanks for letting me know. I will look into that and see. I'd rather not have to take a ton of classes again. If that's all I have to do then I probably won't even go to ASU and just take a science class at TESU. Again, I really don't care what the degree is actually in right now, so if I can graduate now with a liberal arts degree then I will and will just go back later for another one.

[davewill]

If you don't have time to accelerate, then UMPI won't be the way to go. I think you're down to TESU as your best choice. If you feel you could pay the TESU tuition over a short time period (6-12 mo), especially if the degree will have immediate benefits at work, I'd say go ahead and borrow the money (and obviously start saving now).

Student loans are primarily evil when the students in question have no solid plan for paying them back and borrow way more than their anticipated earnings can justify. However, someone who is gainfully employed borrowing $5K or so and paying it off quickly is a much different proposition.

[rachel83az]

Once you get your evaluations back for TESU/Excelsior, post them here and we can figure out where you can go from there. If you apply to Excelsior, I would apply for the BSLA (Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts). You have a lot of business credits, but I don't think you're that close to an Excelsior Business degree. On the other hand, you also don't really have that many Liberal Arts/Liberal Studies classes either. You're in a weird in-between place where you have a lot of credits, but they don't all match well.

I think TESU is going to be your best option. See what transfers in where, then finish your gen eds at ASU/Study.com/Sophia.org while saving up money for the final classes.

[MNomadic]

If you don't have time to accelerate anyway and you're concerned with prices, why wouldn't you take advantage of your company benefits? Doesn't Amazon career choice cover all or most of WGU tuition?

The vast majority of WGU students don't actually "accelerate" their whole degree in a single term. Most go at about an average or slightly above average college pace. Sometimes slow and steady wins the race, and that's ok.

[Randyb100]

If you don't have time to accelerate anyway and you're concerned with prices, why wouldn't you take advantage of your company benefits? Doesn't Amazon career choice cover all or most of WGU tuition?

The vast majority of WGU students don't actually "accelerate" their whole degree in a single term. Most go at about an average or slightly above average college pace. Sometimes slow and steady wins the race, and that's ok.

Yes, I was using it, but I just want to finish a degree so I can move on to a master's. Like I said before, I don't even need it for my career field. I just work at Amazon part-time but have a delivery business. I'm taking some time off from trucking and will probably go back to it next year. 

I don't have any undergrad financial aid and will have to pay out of pocket. It's possible Amazon will help with TESU but I'm not sure. I withdrew last term and may have screwed the pooch on that one since we're supposed to finish in order for them to cover it. I'll have to pay out of pocket, but if TESU will allow payments then I can swing it, or I can get a car title loan or something. I'm not in a good credit position right now because I got into a car accident a few years ago (why I stopped trucking) and had to let a bunch of debt go to collections. I'm basically waiting it out. I can't have my wages garnished (Texas resident plus non-wage earnings from my business aren't garnishable) and nobody's even attempted collecting. It's all marked as charge-offs and I don't plan on filing for bankruptcy. Everything I own is exempt, anyway. I'm also on IBR because it's based on AGI. I've actually had a $0 payment the entire time and will probably never make a single payment on the loans due to being self-employed.

For me, it's getting to the grad level so I can get loans to do it and then I'll specialize in something. I know a lot of universities will require a matching undergrad degree,  but a lot don't. I was looking at Harvard Extension and TAMUCC, and might do both if I have enough loans. TAMUCC is extremely cheap and I had read on the HE website they offered discounted tuition rates for low-income students. I'm also interested in what Coursera and the MIT Micromasters programs have to offer, so affording to do it won't be an issue.

It's just getting to that point right now is the issue. That's why if I could just get into a liberal arts program and graduate ASAP then I will. Grad loans for living expenses would help a ton right now.

I think TESU is going to be your best option. See what transfers in where, then finish your gen eds at ASU/Study.com/Sophia.org while saving up money for the final classes.

Thanks and I will try to do just that. If TESU accepts my Comp 2, though, they also allow computer science classes as science from what I read. I'm hoping they'll accept ones I already have. Then I would have just their capstones or whatever to do.

I appreciate the help from everyone and I'll update this after I heard back from them. I applied at TESU but I'm going to wait on others because they're my best shot.

[rachel83az]

Would a Nationally Accredited degree help? NationsU is $450 for 3 months. Or $150/mo. Unfortunately, they don't accept a lot of transfer credit. And they only offer a single (religious) undergrad degree. But they're cheap. Not all grad schools accept a Bachelor's from an NA school, though.

[Randyb100]

Would a Nationally Accredited degree help? NationsU is $450 for 3 months. Or $150/mo. Unfortunately, they don't accept a lot of transfer credit. And they only offer a single (religious) undergrad degree. But they're cheap. Not all grad schools accept a Bachelor's from an NA school, though.

No, it really wouldn't help because of that very reason. I'm just trying to graduate to get to the grad level. I don't even really need the degree.

[LevelUP]

they (TESU) also allow computer science classes as science from what I read. I'm hoping they'll accept ones I already have. Then I would have just their capstones or whatever to do.

They do accept Computer Science/IT as science courses and you got PLENTY of Computer Science courses you did. 

Edx SOS-110 ONLY works for the Computer Science degree, according to TESU advising

[Randyb100]

they (TESU) also allow computer science classes as science from what I read. I'm hoping they'll accept ones I already have. Then I would have just their capstones or whatever to do.

They do accept Computer Science/IT as science courses and you got PLENTY of Computer Science courses you did. 

Edx SOS-110 ONLY works for the Computer Science degree, according to TESU advising

That's good to know. I chose the option in the application to apply for whatever degree I most qualify for (forgot exactly what it said). I'm not sure what it will be but I don't mind having to take that if I don't get I to the comp sci program. At least for now and I'll go back later when I'm ready for a career change.

I'm hoping the IBM cyber security analyst certificate becomes something more in the future. It's their newest cert, I think, and their other ones have direct partnerships with universities. Maybe it'll cover something in the future or I can go back to WGU or something later when I am better off financially.