19 year old International Student needs your help

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So I did some research into other Universities that offer accelerated programs and stumbled upon CSU Global. As far as I have seen by skimming  they accept SL and offer a degree in MIS and Business Analytics which is exactly what I was looking for. Does anybody have experience with them? Are they worthy of recommendation?

Any school that takes Sophia will likely take SL or Study.com.
https://www.sophia.org/transfer-credits/...-partners/

The idea behind getting a computer science degree is that computer science is the most popular technology degree and is the gold standard in the U.S. and other countries.

After you get a computer science degree, you can get certifications to do whatever you want such as data analytics, cloud, cyber security, or whatever. Also, I agree with Davewill that it's a good idea to gain 1-2 years of experience in your career before going for the master's degree.

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have you seen my new post under this thread about CSU Global? they have a  BS in MIS and Data Analytics combined, sounds like exactly what I would want. Also thanks for the Grad school tip!

That CSU Global BS in MIS and Data Analytics degree is the same as the TESU CIS degree except it's missing a lot of really important business courses. 

The only unique courses I see are the Cloud computing and Data Mining courses though you can get those skills with an AWS cert and Google Data Analytics cert.

CSU Global has 60 max transfer credits from alternative sources.

Couldnt I as a german use the trick in which I transfer in credits from the finnish University to get to 90 credits? I guess since CSU Global is part of the CSU system its a much better choice for me when I return.

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I am also in Germany... I see Rachel mentioned me above. My honest advice is to be very careful which college you choose in case you ever plan to come back.

First, for Germany do not worry about secondary programmatic accreditations like ACBSP/AACSB etc. at the bachelor level. In Germany the saying is "AACSB or the Autobahn" for *MBA* (and sometimes MA/M.Sc. Business etc.). Specifically for American programs too, since these are American accreditors. Other countries can willingly get programmatic accreditation through them but there is no requirement to do so. Many choose to, others choose Equis or AMBA.

What you should really take into consideration, otherwise you could be stuck later, is the validity of the university.

A degree from WGU, for example, is not recognised as a degree in Germany. They are a terrible option in the case you ever plan to come back.

TESU is on shaky ground with Anabin (H+/-), meaning your individual studies completed must be looked at and assessed for comparability. This could go either way for you - it is a gamble. I love TESU and the idea of it more generally. But I am super aware of the issues people could face in Germany trying to use a TESU degree. I am doing TESU for fun, and because it is cheap for me (military Ami husband). I will probably never use it professionally, I have a normal UK degree and German postgrad degrees (Uni MA).

UMPI is also a public state university but it is perfectly fine to use in Germany (H+ in Anabin).

If your goal is analytics or computer science, I would seriously consider doing UMPI with the BSBA Management Info Systems but making sure to transfer in extra courses that you don't necessarily need for the degree so that they are on a transcript (i.e. Calc 1 from Straighterline/Sophia/SDC, Calc 2 from Straighterline, a couple of the Data Sci related Coursera certs etc. etc., maybe someone can chime in here if they take Discrete Math from SDC) then apply for Georgia Tech OMSCS or OMSA.

The cost of the OMSCS or OMSA would work out similarly to just doing the Data Science major at TESU, but a) it is a masters, and b) Georgia Tech is also recognised in Germany (H+).

Thank you so much, what do you think about CSU Global? Couldnt I technically transfer in 90 credits from Finnish Universities and SL? I guess its much better to get a degree there since its part of the CSU System