(01-30-2024, 09:30 PM)profstudent Wrote: I finished a bachelor's degree at Excelsior University. I eked by, very unhappy with them. The classes I took felt like mind-numbing busy work with a bunch of pointless discussion forums, they goofed my financial aid, they bumped my degree conferral date, and they were just painful to get any helpful info from. So, I don't want to go there for an MA.
But, I do want a master.s In literally anything. Master's in Arts, Master's in Science...
My literal only requirement is that it be accredited... ideally regionally.
MBA, Master's in Marketing, Master's in Organizational Leadership, or Master's in Public Relations, or anything.
I've been Googling "master's degrees online under $10,000" but haven't found many good options. I don't even care if it's 20K if they allow federal financial aid (federal grad student loans) if it's a master's in something that would boost my career. I'm on the edge of entry-level and mid-career. I eventually want to be an online professor or online TA/grader for some bottom-tier online university (APUS?), so I need *some* master's degree. I don't want to take the GRE or GMAT and have a 3+ GPA (and come with 12 graduate credits with a 3.5+ graduate GPA already). I'm wanting a 1-2 year program, no internships/externships, or that non-sense. I prefer it to have a practical project, not a thesis, but can deal with a thesis if I'm attending literally any college other than Excelsior.
My current contenders in Master's in Marketing/Comm/PR are:
- Wichita State University, approx $9K
- Arkansas State University, approx $11K
- California Coast University, approx $11K
Any advice for me? Any good marketing/PR/comm/journalism programs I'm missing? Anything just crazy cheap? A master's in underwater basketweaving for <$10K is one I would consider... so long as it's not at Excelsior. I have had University of the People's MBA in consideration at about $5K, but they're not regionally accredited.
Oooof I feel the vibe here, I've haven't attended Excelsior University, but that isn't a glowing review, makes sense though. Interesting for me!

With respect to University of the People, basically it's a real scam, uopeople.reviews lifts the veil to reveal it's not even a USA school, it's siphoned and run through its Israel company University of the People Education Ltd.
It's a complete mess as documented in the section "The for-profit Israeli company that doesn't pay any taxes in the US" and the leader is quite enigmatic as documented on https://www.onlinescams.uk/shai-reshef a fake Nobel-prize winner, a previous convicted scammer. Also this reviews page clearly outlines the "quality" or lack thereof in the education.
More problems include fake computer centres built for Haiti (doesn't exist), fake news and reviews proliferation, tuition-free degrees which cost admin fees which are still too much for the quality, it's run from a POBox in the USA and the employees are mostly located to Israel and market to Palestinians (that's why they have an Arabic website) and employees grossly underpaid, working under fake identities. You can imagine the quality you get from that... No graduation ceremonies. Wikipedia and Reddit bombardment, fake scholarships and partnerships, and the lack of proper accreditation.
With other options available, I would say steer clear of UoPeople.
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