Advice needed - looking to earn CS credits

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Just going off of price for a moment, I have not seen an online MCS cheaper than GA Tech. Who is cheaper than GA Tech for an online MCS? GA Tech's price along with their reputation make it a really attractive option. ASU looks great also.

I agree that it is unlikely that there are MCS alternatives with GA Tech's reputation for a lower price than $8,000, but there are some that are not that much more expensive.

If you're interested in reputation, the University of Illinois (a top 5 CS program) also offers an online MCS, but it runs ~$12,000 more than the GAT OMSCS. UPenn (top 20 CS program) offers an MCIT-CS program at ~$17,000 more than the GAT OMSCS. ASU's CS program is ranked #43, but it is only ~$7,000 more expensive than the GAT offering,

If you ignore reputation, I am fairly confident that you can find other schools in the same or lower price range. They may end up being NA schools or foreign schools, but my bet is that they do exist. They'd be worth considering if you really want an MCS degree and can't get into GA Tech. I'm not interested in doing the research for that though.

Personally, I'm mostly looking at PhD options, but I am also considering the MCS degrees from GA Tech, UI, and UPenn since they would be shorter to complete and reasonably priced. Particularly when compared to most PhD programs.

I think with University of Illinois you need to take the GRE in addition to the other admissions requirements. To be honest, I am trying to find a low price, flexible admissions, and a decent reputation. I think GA Tech is the winner. I am not trying to make it sound easy to get in at all. ASU is probably easier to get admitted, but Univ of Illinois is more expensive and has a longer list of entry requirements.

Can I ask you this, when you go back to WGU to get an undergrad in CS, how many of your CS credits are ultimately coming from Study.com? WGU allowed me to omit/not transfer bad grades from a community college that I went to years ago. I had to sign a form acknowledging that I took college credit classes in the past, but that I wished to have them not be added to my WGU transfer transcript.   I wonder, if you want to get "clean" CS credits from WGU and omit ACE credits for CS is there a similar process you are following? I know you must have some CS credits that came from Study.com when you got your BSBA-CIS at TESU. Are you doing something to not have CS credits transfer to WGU?