Advice on Degree path

[DolceDolce]

For you I'm going to recommend (mostly quoting from LevelUp's post from here) - this plan will utilize your company tuition reimbursement the most (very small out of pocket to you)

"A quick and free Associates degree would be the Pierpont BOG AAS with an Area of Emphasis in Information Systems
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Pi...egree_Plan

Your Google IT support cert brings in 12 credits (still free through TADA I believe)... I would do the rest with Sophia finishing out the general education and taking IT-related courses such as Intro to IT, Web, DB, Python.

https://www.sophia.org/"

Start now with above - once that is complete...then UMPI. You have many terms available to complete this due to your generous tuition reimbursement, so no need to rush through - but you can if you wish .  I'd recommend the BABA-Project Management, but you're old enough (meaning you have the work experience now) that a BLS-PM (and MIS minor) would give you about the same ROI. Since you are already PMP certified, you could go just for the BLS-MIS minor (if speed is what you're after) 


- My 2nd choice (due to being more costly, and you'll have more out of pocket as generally tuition reimbursement won't cover the residency waiver - it alone is over $3k) would be TESU for the BSBA-CIS. You could work on the Pierpont BOG AAS from above in route, OR add the TESU ASNSM-CS  (it's a free add on, if you graduate with both at the same time).

Don't worry about 20 years ago, you weren't ready - so many of us here where exactly where you are. For some of us '20 years ago' was like yesterday - I mean you're not even 40 yet - but if you start now, I bet you'll be done before you turn 41.

I love this forum for this type of advice that they give, so thorough! 

I'm not sure what your GPA is, without knowing the fails/withdraws, but if you average a 2.0 at Pierpoint (the experts will tell you which class at ASU online to get to transfer it to Pierpoint for a letter grade); with a 2.0 you can transfer to WGU, which will do a blanket lower division fulfillment of classes based on having an Associates Degree, leaving you with less classes to take. So you'll get a lot of mileage that way but know that WGU is proctored exams per class, and not at UMPI. UMPI YourPace programs accepts 1.75 GPA, and below that you can apply and submit any supporting documents for an exception or provisional acceptance.  They basically want to know that you are academically ready and if you are PMP Certified, you are well-equipped to succeed.