BA/BS in Accounting Advice please.

[rachel83az]

Hi all, I’m seeking advice about choosing the best route for a BA degree in Accounting. I’ve read a lot of posts in this forum but I feel confused and still don’t know which school should I go to. Here are the schools on my list: WGU, TESU, Excelsior, and UMPI.
At first, I wanted to attend WGU since my husband got his BSN from them, the concept seems flexible for busy adults, you don’t have to do group projects or discussion boards. The downside of WGU is that they only accept 77 credits from study.com. I’m good at test taking, and terrible at writing, but I don’t like the idea that your pass/fail is solely based on 1 proctored exam.

They may accept more credits (up to a max of 90) if you use a combination of Sophia, Study.com, Straighterline, and WGU Academy. We usually recommend a mix.

*TESU: can transfer up to 114cr, 90 from study.com, but required 30 RA credits, 6cr from their cornerstone and capstone. I’m confused about their tuition and residence fee. I don’t know if there are proctored exams. Looks like there is no FB student group, Reddit, or discord groups for TESU. 

Like here. Taking 90 credits at SDC is a waste of time and money! You can complete most of your alt credits at Sophia for cheaper and faster than at SDC. They also accept Davar and Coopersmith, which can be cheaper or more cost-effective than Study.com, depending on subject. You can get RA credits cheaply through Olivet Nazarene. If you are able to do a 16-credit flat-rate term at TESU, total TESU tuition and fees (not counting Sophia or Study.com) will be around $5000. If you are not able to do the 16-credit flat-rate term and just want to do the minimum capstone & cornerstone at TESU, tuition & fees jumps up to around $7000 (again, plus SDC & Sophia).

Some TESU classes have proctored exams, some do not. You have to read the syllabus to find out what's what.

*Excelsior: transfer up to 113cr. Not sure if they require any RA credits? Cost about $4000 if you only have to take 7cr from them. I couldn’t find a degree plan for their accounting degree, so I don’t know how many credits that I can transfer from Study.com, Sophia, SL.

Excelsior does not currently require any RA credits. I'm not sure if you can transfer in the full amount for an Accounting degree. It might be one of their degrees where you must take one or more of their very specific classes.

*UMPI: transfer max 90cr, have to take 30 credits from them. Cost about $1200/ 8 weeks. The thought that I have to write a paper for every single course at UMPI is totally freaking me out since I’m not good at writing. I couldn’t find their degree plan for business.

Plans here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI But it sounds like they wouldn't be a good fit for you.

I understand it’s not easy to get a BA, but in all honestly, I would love to find the easiest route, not too intense, and not too expensive, it doesn’t have to be the fastest route. I would greatly appreciate any input, advice, or degree plan.

What is your goal for getting an Accounting degree? Are you wanting to take the CPA exam or do you have another purpose? Like bjcheung77 said, getting a different degree with extra accounting classes may work for you. Or it may not. It depends on your reasons.