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[cookderosa]

Being mindful of wanting a degree from a regionally accredited school, I'm thinking of taking 15 credits at Andrew Jackson University, then transferring them to American Public University. They accept up to 15 graduate credit transfer credit from nationally accredited schools. Since they are both nationally and regionally accredited themselves.

EXCELLENT idea- in fact this is the covert plan my husband is doing as well. Shhhh. For those who are interested, the APUS system (American Military University and American Public University- same school) are both Nationally and Regionally accredited- which is a SUPER rare find. So, they accept NA credits and launder them into a RA degree. It isn't expensive at about $250-$300 per credit (from memory), however, the Andrew Jackson University credits are $0! Without debating the merits of NA vs RA, it is worth pointing out that the big 3 are all regionally accredited (RA) and many would argue that going from RA to NA is a step down. For me and my husband, it's simply a mater of practicality. We both teach at a community college, and you can't teach in regionally accredited schools without a regionally accredited degree while you CAN teach at nationally accredited schools with either a regionally or nationally accredited degree.