Need advice in putting together degree plan for my wife (and me)

[bjcheung77]

Hello, have a quick read through the "The Basic Approach" in my signature and/or the Beginners Guide especially post 27/28. This will get you started in planning your degree and deciding what courses go where. You can download the spreadsheet, just keep updating the My Degree Plan! sheet for tracking purposes and I tell people to use the other sheets as a reference template. I see you are starting from scratch and I know it's hard to decide which degree and which school...

1) Answer the following questions, so I can better gauge which of the 3 you're looking at - cheap, easy, or fast.
A) Are you close to a testing site for CLEP? How far and how long would it take you to get there and back?
B) Do you have time to study and test at a site or would you rather do everything online for a little extra in price?
C) What is your price range you're looking at for the degree and time you want to set to complete the degree?
D) Are you leaning towards cheap, easy, fast or a combo of them all? Rank them in priority.

I would do everything with MS/CLEP, onlinedegree.com, and Saylor courses first, once all the courses and credits are ready to be transferred, do transfer them to TESU for an evaluation. If you can splurge on getting things Faster/Easier/Cheap, then go the SL/Study.com route.

If you live close to a CLEP test center, then that's the way I would recommend you do the bulk of your credits.
For the GM Concentration or any AOS, UL credits, finish them off with Study.com to get the affiliation discounts.
For Fast/Easy/Cheap, my spreadsheet is going to recommend using StraighterLine for the bulk and Study.com for the AOS.
For Cheap/Easy/Fast, you may want to change the StraighterLine courses to once again, use the CLEP/MS option.

2) What exactly are you looking for help with or advice on? How busy are you?
How much time do you have to spend on studying? Do you have family/kids that you have to attend to?

In regards to TESU vs WGU and other schools, there are reasons why I would recommend one over the other. For IT, WGU is cheaper and the certifications are included in the tuition. For Business, it's somewhat a tie, as both have ACBSP accreditation. For Undergraduate studies, I recommend TESU as the courses and requirements are "known" and for Graduate studies, I recommend WGU as it's the cheap/easy/fast option.