TESU: MS Data Science and Analytics

[sanantone]

The 2 degrees look similar at TESU and WGU.  I would guess that the main difference between this and the WGU degree is time - WGU MAY be completed in 6 months, depending on how quickly you can get through a lot of it.  The TESU/Statistics.com degree will be dependent upon the course calendar at Statistics.com, and will probably take a lot longer than 6 months.  If you can't get into the August 2019 capstone because you don't know R or Python well enough to program using them, then you have to do the Feb 2020 capstone.  So the soonest you could graduate would be either 9/20/19 or 3/27/2020.  I'm guessing you could graduate from WGU by either 5/2019 or 11/2019.

With TESU/Statistics.com, you have to choose R or Python, and then take that route the whole time - and then your electives will have to be based on the path you choose (some courses are based on R, some on Python).  That can change the calendar as well, although the capstone is the same timeframe for both.

The one upside of going through TESU: paying for a single course at a time might be a better option for some people ($549ish per course at Statistics.com vs. $3,835 in 1 fell swoop at WGU).

It's also a matter of cost:
TESU 12 courses ~ $6,600 (not sure if you have to pay the residency waiver, it doesn't list it on the Graduate tuition page)
WGU 10 courses ~ $3,835 for 1 term, $7,670 for 2 terms

For someone like the OP who has already done the BS program through Statistics.com/TESU, it may be really comfortable to continue on and get the MS.  And if you already have 4 courses completed, that's an added bonus, and a big price reduction (now only about $4,400).

I think I'd take a closer look at WGU's program to see if you could get by with XLMiner instead of R/Python.  If you can, then with your degree in Data Analytics and Math, it might be a lot faster/easier/cheaper to get through WGU than TESU.

Is there a link that says that this program will only cost $6,600? The Statistics.com FAQ says that TESU will only take a max of 9 transfer credits from ACE. I'm pretty sure TESU has planned to make some money off of this.