Fast/cheap bachelors with lots of low-level classes

[rachel83az]

They also said "My job will reimburse $2k per year (that year is timed from the last reimbursement not calendar or school year). Otherwise, money is tight."  That to me says that they can't afford to do multiple terms at UMPI to get that BSB - it's a smarter use of their time and money to do the very cheapest degree, which would use as many of their current credits as possible, and do it in 1-2 terms, with as few Sophia/Study.com courses as possible.

You literally cannot do a UMPI degree in 1 term. It's been said multiple times in the forum. You are always going to need at least 2 terms because some classes are only offered in term 1 and some are only offered in term 2. With the 30-credit requirement at UMPI, there is no clear speed advantage to choosing a BLS over a BABA. Pretty much identical GEC requirements still need to be met either way. You still need to take 30 credits at UMPI either way. For a BLS, EeBee needs to take, like, maybe 3 or 4 fewer classes from Sophia. But that's honestly not sufficient, IMO, to say that the BLS will absolutely be the right choice. You can still get the necessary Sophia classes done in under 30 days, so it's not going to cost any extra money if you choose one degree over the other.