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UMPI or WGU - Deity - 01-27-2025
Hello,
I am looking to get a bachelors degree in accounting. I have been working in a unrelated field and decided a couple years ago that it was time for a change in careers. I started back at my local community college to start working towards this new path. I finished a associates degree and am enrolled through a four year college. Decided this was going to take to long probably around four years to complete. Distance and time is causing me to be a part time student. Since the loss of hours at work and drive time would be significant i started looking into other ways to complete the degree. My options now are these colleges you have been talking about in the forums and going to a different four year university. The new four university would be closer due to a satellite office that is twenty minutes from where i live. It would cost 18k to do that option. I really don not want to spend that much if I do not have to. So now I am here looking for help. I was looking into WGU and UMPI your pace. I am currently enrolled in a statistics coarse through the community college to finish the pre req for the four year. If can drop this and use study.com or sophia to complete this i would be more than happy to drop at my community college. I think its important to be able to sit for the CPA exam when i am done if that helps.
Location: Illinois
Age: 37
Type of degree: I am looking to get a bachelor degree in accounting with the end goal to be a masters... eventually.
Current credit hours: 101
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: none
Any certifications or military experience?: none
Budget: looking for cheaper. But i will figure out what i can.
Commitments: I work full time Sunday, Monday, Tuesday every other Saturday 0630-1830. And a lovely wife.
Dedicated time to study: If I am not at work i can study. My plan is 20hrs a week.
Timeline: I would like to be done in a year if possible.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Might be able to get up to 6k from work but no guarantee I will get any.
Here is a list of my classes through my community college and one class through the four year.
course Title Grade Credit hours
BNA-100 BAS NURSE ASST B 7.00
EMS-110 EMR MED TEC-BAS C 7.00
FRS-101 INTRO FIRE SCI C 3.00
FRS-121 FIRE SUPPRESSN C 3.00
RS-123 PROTECTION SYS B 3.00
BIO-110 HUMAN BIOLOGY C 4.00 with lab
ENG-151 COMP I B 3.00
FRS-122 BLDG CONSTRC-FS C 3.00
MCC-101 COLLEGE EXPERNC D 1.00
SPE-151 INTRO SPEECH C 3.00
PSY-151 INTRO PSYCH C 3.00
MAT-150 ELEM OF MATH D 3.00
CIS-110 COMPUTER LITRCY A 2.00
EMS-120 EMT-P-MOD I B 7.00
EMS-121 EMT-P-MOD II B 5.00
EMS-122 EMT-P-MOD III C 5.00
EMS-123 EMT-P-INTRNSHP A 2.00
ECO-251 MICROECONOMICS A 3.00
ECO-252 MACROECONOMICS A 3.00
ACC-151 FINANCIAL ACCTG A 3.00
ART-172 ART HISTORY II B 3.00
ENG-152 COMPOSITION II B 3.00
ACC-152 MANAGEMENT ACCTG A 3.00
MAT-161 COLLEGE ALGEBRA B 3.00
PHI-251 INTRO ETHICS A 3.00
GEG-220 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT A 3.00
MUS-153 INTRO WORLD MUSIC A 3.00
MAT-171 CALC BUS & SOC SCI C 4.00
MAT-220 STATISTICS Currently in
MGMT 217 Legal Environ of Business B 3.00
Sorry if this is to long with to much information. I am just incredibly loss and want to better my career for myself my wife and future family.
Thank you again
RE: UMPI or WGU - jg_nuy - 01-28-2025
Hello:
UMPI could be a good fit - there is a BA in accounting and a BABA in accounting:
Here are the degree plans
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI
It’s $1,700 per session (8 weeks) and several folks have completed in 2-3 sessions, with some finishing in a single session.
RE: UMPI or WGU - bjcheung77 - 01-28-2025
+1, I agree with this advice... If you are not able to get any tuition assistance or reimbursement, UMPI would be the way to go. You can do the one-and-done, UMPI Bachelors and Masters, by taking the 3-4 classes that can transfer to the MAOL.
Otherwise, if you get the $5-6K/year tuition reimbursement, I'd do the one-and-done at WGU instead. Their Bachelors/Masters has the programmatic and secondary accreditation from ACBSP. You can do the Bachelors and then the MAcc...
RE: UMPI or WGU - Deity - 01-29-2025
I am leaving towards wgu since they have accredited with aacsb or acbsp. Can't remember which it was. I was looking for a plan on the site but couldn't find one for the accounting at wgu. Only umpi.