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

[padma]

I've gone through most of the posts so far on this thread. Here's my 2 cents. For your wife you could consider a Cybersecurity degree from Excelsior. From your post it appears your wife already has work experience in CS/ Cybersecurity. Here are some advantages I think this could get you:

1) Being husband and wife, like a few others including cookderosa and bfcheung mentioned, it will give you both a chance to study for your general requirements together, so you can combine your joint resources and study together if you like.

2) With her work experience, your wife can get more college credits for her work experience at Excelsior (TESU also has this) via a portfolio assessment process. So she might be able to complete her Cybersecurity degree sooner (if that is the goal). Portfolio assessment is a bit more expensive but the budget you mentioned about 4000 grand can easily cover all of that and more.

3) If you yourself have work experience, you can also do a portfolio assessment for yourself.

Any good work experience especially in Technology is I think a good candidate for portfolio assessment,
When I completed my CS degree years ago, about 15 or so credits for the Upper level CS courses came from my work experience, so it is definitely possible.


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