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[cvalor]

Thank you everyone for all of the detail you put into those answers! 

I have a lot of past experience working in the tech sector before the mental illness became too much to handle. I have treatment-resistant bipolar disorder with lots of periods of mania/psychosis and my only hope of ever entering back into the workforce is a good degree and finding a specific niche that will allow me to work in it.

I am not certain if Voc. Rehab will pay for out-of-state colleges, but I do know that I would get a full Pell Grant. I do know that I need to be on the "Ticket to Work" program before I can start working on school or I will put my benefits in jeopardy. Saylor/OnlineDegree/Sophia are all workarounds to start working on credit at my own pace.

I like the looks of UMPI, and they have lots of options for degrees at a cheap price. Pierpoint looks like it would take a lot of credit in from all the different options.

The Coursera option seems to be very attractive. I like the idea of earning smaller certificates on my way to a degree for a sense of "accomplishment" and perhaps using those for a degree.

I have a lot of experience working in the tech industry before having to get on to disability. 

I'm going to attempt one of the Saylor or OnlineDegree courses to get myself used to studying before looking at paying for the $99 a month for Sophia.

WGU is another one I am considering. I could earn certifications on my own and then use those for credit as well.

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University of the People might be a good option. Can transfer in up to 90 credits. Inexpensive and potential to have the $200 course fees covered. The transfer eval fees will be about $500. However, UotP courses aren't a slam dunk, nor are they self-paced. It'll take you at least 1 full year AFTER transferring in 90 credits.

Nations is pretty inexpensive, but you're only going to transfer in at most 60 credits, and ACE-recommended won't count. You can do all 120 credits thru Nations, but that's going to add up over time. Self-paced, but still a lot of work.

Is there a listing of what Saylor/OnlineDegree courses I could take that would transfer into this program?

I don't know why exactly but UoP philosophically seems very interesting to me. Time is not one of my main necessities, so I would not mind having to take a year or two worth of schooling at a later date.

I would just like to be able to use my current free time to start making progress toward something even if I can't officially enroll in a program yet.