Advice for my 17 year old daughter with over 100 credits done... Computer/IT Focused.

[bjcheung77]

We had no clue that some of these certs could get college credit for them! This was something new we just learned reading this post. Thank link seems really useful.

Yes, so do the Coursera/TADA options in addition to what you currently have, but you may need to add a couple to top it off, such as the CISSP as that's the major one.  I would do that last to finish off the certs catagory...

I wonder how international doctors from the Philippines look when being reviewed... However, they are accredited and the price point seems good...

On the flip side, Aspen Doctorate of Science in Computer Science is 30k, within budget, considering we have put out nearly no money yet for her education.

Per WQU. Ok wow! Never knew about this! Really, FREE? Or is there a catch?

AMA University is in the WES directory, they'll be equivalent to RA.  I would skip Aspen, I didn't recommend UFairfax as it's twice as expensive and just NA.  WQU doesn't have a catch, you just have to pass the entrance exam, which I failed as my calculus/stats is a bit rusty.  

Yeah, we have looked at EdX, but not Coursera, for Masters programs and hoping to target some of these. The 2 schools you mention I thank you very much! Looking at U of Cumberlands seems decent and something we will look more into tomorrow.

I've spent DAYS looking for cost-affordable online Doctorate programs for CS/IT and have found next to nothing... This forum is truly a wealth of knowledge!

Thank you a ton!

No worries, I saw your other thread asking about graduate programs but didn't want to put this in there, it's already got so many good recommendations.  I also have other doctorate or PhD options in that area too, a few threads for other universities and slightly different programs and all under $30K, so that's why I would skip the NA Aspen option.

My nephew and niece are 15 and 17, they're doing something similar to your daughter and we couldn't get them started with dual enrollment until grade 10.  Some states only allow grade 10, 11, 12 to have dual enrollment options, but that doesn't stop them from doing CLEP, AP, IB, Sophia.org ... I got them started a couple of years ago with CLEP/Sophia.org as they were free!  They even took the $149/year from Sophia.org to get up to 90 credits each of alternative credits...

For certs, they're doing the Coursera/TADA options along with non-vendor specific CompTIA certs.  For NA/RA, they're doing a slightly different combination, but will end up very similar to what you have planned.  As they're into Business, Education, IT... Even though they also are into Cybersecurity and Law, they are using the certs to get the cybersecurity knowledge instead of an extra degree, and just taking some law classes as electives, not a degree either...