Degree dilemma

[freeloader]

I am trying to decide what my next degree(s) should be and would love some additional opinions. I earned a BA and MA in history years ago on-campus from brink and mortar colleges. I was super lucky to get a government job in a finance/accounting role that I really like. Without an accounting degree I can definitely get promoted a couple of times, to go beyond that an accounting degree/CPA would definitely be helpful. I also would like to have an accounting degree/CPA as a backup should I stop working for the government for whatever reason. 

I am enrolled at a local university (that does not accept ACE credit, unfortunately). I am a planner/investigator by nature and this school is by far the easiest/cheapest/fastest way for me to meet my state’s CPA requirements.  

I would like to earn a master’s degree in accounting and am eyeing Emporia State University online. I have talked to their admissions people and the courses I am taking at my local university to meet the CPA requirements will be sufficient for admissions to the master’s program, assuming I maintain my (pretty high) business/accounting GPA. 

I am considering 3 options:
1) Take only the required CPA classes at my local university.  This will cost me around $2,500-$2,700 in tuition and fees. I can be done with this by the end of this year or early next year. I could combine this with the Emporia State masters. Would cost about $13,000 total in tuition and fees and take about 3 years. 

2) Complete my BS in accounting at the local university.  This would cost about $7,000 in tuition and fees. The biggest problem with this is that it would take 2-3 years to finish at my pace.

3) Complete the CPA requirement courses at my local university and finish my BS in Business with concentration in General Accounting from Excelsior College. I think this would cost $5,500-$6,000 in tuition and fees. The big advantage over option 2 is that I could complete it in about 1 year. 

For what it’s worth, I have looked into WGU and talked to their admissions folks. I would pretty much have to do option 2 or 3 to be admitted. I also can’t take classes/do projects super quickly because of work and family commitments, so I would have to give up WGU’s biggest advantage. 

Also worth noting that I am funding this myself, no tuition reimbursement or time off for education. 

So, what would you do in my situation?