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UoPeople is only Nationally Accredited. For employment purposes within the US, this probably won't be an issue in most circumstances. But it could put a damper on things if you decide, for whatever reason, that you want to get a Doctorate. And, if you move abroad or live abroad, a NA Master's might not be considered a "real" degree in some countries. If none of these apply to you, UoPeople is certainly one of the more affordable options.

California Coast University: same thing. Nationally accredited. Also, if you Google California Coast University, some of the top results are about it being a diploma mill. Is it? I don't know. But a cursory look by an employer would lead them to that impression. Although cheap, I would avoid CCU for this reason.

Manipal University: Indian degrees don't have the best reputation in some circles. However, a cursory Google search (again, of the sort that an employer might do) turns up nothing untoward about the university on the first page.

Of the three, I would personally choose Manipal.

When you say "only" it gives the impression that national accreditors are inferior in quality, but that has never been proven. What has been proven is that degrees from nationally accredited schools have had lower utility to varying levels. But I continue to question the reason for that because the U.S. Department of Education and CHEA both give the nod to national accreditors the same as regional accreditors, and because the USDE has dropped the distinction between the two citing that it no longer makes sense given that they don't and never have hierarchized one over the other:

https://sacscoc.org/app/uploads/2020/03/....26.19.pdf

Losing the distinction, I feel, was long overdue. The gap has narrowed considerably in the last decade to such an extent that the highest levels of programmatic accreditation--which is a prerequisite to entering many licensed professions--have been achieved by a number of once-designated nationally accredited schools. Dropping the distinction is beneficial to students and an overall smart move toward doing what we should've been doing all along: judging each school individually based on its own merits (the way we judge every other type of organization) instead of blanketly based on accreditation terms.

As for California Coast, they had some pretty public issues a long time ago during their unaccredited past and not since becoming accredited. They are certainly not a diploma mill as they don't sell degrees for a fee with the requirement of little or no coursework. The more appropriate question is, are they substandard? I doubt it, but there is no proof that they are so I err on the side of saying no.