YourPace to regular online courses?

[RachelB]

Has anyone started with the YourPace program but then switched to the regular online program - or even attended in person?

If so, how was your experience with that? Was it no big deal, or a headache?

I am (in future after I do UMPI... I am almost the same amount of credit as you now...) planning to try to do University of Maine at Augusta (https://www.uma.edu/academics/online/degrees/), particularly Cybersecurity with Cyber Forensics. 

From my research, the transfer of UMPI credit should be a bit easier, and I believe (don't quote me on that) they could waiver GenEds and maybe some courses would transfer into major (who knows). 

As they say (source: https://www.uma.edu/admission/transfer/):

" Transfer within institutions of the University of Maine System (UMS) has never been easier! Once you submit an application to UMA, we fetch electronic copies of your UMS transcripts and the other documents you already submitted to the University of Maine System. There is no need for you to resubmit high school transcripts, college transcripts or immunization records. University of Maine System policy is to provide the maximum opportunity for transfer within the System. When a student is accepted for transfer at UMA, all undergraduate degree credits obtained at any campus of the University of Maine System will be transferable to UMA. "

UMA has tuition $329 out of state per credit (online, not in-person) which is more affordable than SNHU, for example. For in-state and for Canadians they even have $252 per credit. 

They have a few interesting degrees which UMPI is yet to offer so...

They may (I don't know yet) technically take Sophia/SDC etc, as (source: https://www.uma.edu/academics/cpl/)

"Courses from non-accredited training organizations may be granted transfer credit if they are recognized by the American Council on Education (ACE).  The courses must carry a credit recommendation from ACE and be categorized as lower division, upper division, or graduate level.  Credit will not be granted for courses at the vocational level.

An official ACE transcript must be submitted for courses to be considered for transfer credit.
Credit will be awarded at the ACE recommended level (1xx or 3xx).
Credit will be designated as general elective credit for subjects with no comparable discipline at UMA, program elective credit, or for a specific course if the ACE recommendation aligns with an existing course."

They also have Post-Bacc degrees, where when you have a first bachelor, you just take some major classes (I am not sure if that's more efficient than transfer all bachelor and take 30 residency...).
So something to think about...

Very informative, thanks! I hadn't even thought to look at the other U of M schools.