Formulating my plan

[JobaJoba]

One of the things about WGU is that you'd better get it done in 6 months, or it's another $2,850. So it can get expensive quickly. I personally couldn't do that, but plenty of others here have. It's especially popular for the MBA program.

Regarding the BSBA only:

There are some cost comparison threads on here that show the costs for COSC, EC and TESU - you could look at those to see what all the costs are. For TESU, the main costs are the $2,000 residency waiver, the cornerstone if you have to take it ($300) plus the capstone ($114).

COSC has a cornerstone ($1100) plus the capstone ($1100), plus some additional fees.

It turns out to be less expensive to take the BSBA at TESU if you take the TECEP for the capstone, and a little more expensive if you get any other degree where you can't test out of the capstone. But only a few hundred dollars either way, so not enough of a difference for most people.

I would say that one of the more difficult aspects of COSC is the 30cr of UL requirements, and they are stricter in what they accept as UL. So, you end up with harder-to-find and possibly harder-to-pass exams than TESU, which only requires 12cr of UL requirements in the AOS. This is somewhat offset by COSC having more flexibility in their BSBA degree than TESU.

I would say for someone just starting and without a lot of "weird" credits under their belt, TESU may be the better choice. For anyone bringing in credits that might not fit into a TESU degree, COSC might be the better choice.

Awesome, thanks for this. So basically it comes down to if I can finish 10 WGU credits (semester format) a month or not.

I wonder if I can hedge my bets and take those Shmoop classes (and the Institute free one) before going to WGU to lighten that load for only $85 bucks. Does WGU typically take those credits?

If they do that would come out a few hundred cheaper than your proposed plan. And I hate to say it but WGU sounds a lot less gimmicky to say than Thomas Edison State (no offense of course, they are both accredited and I'm heavily considering both options). WGU has a pretty good reputation here.