CS Degree - What would be the best path?

[Edwardss44]

Your Location: Romania

Your Age: 25

What kind of degree do you want?: Computer Science

Current Regional Accredited Credits: -

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: -

Any certifications or military experience?: edX Harvard CS50P

Budget: ~$6000 (the cheaper, the better of course, but willing to go a little over if worth it)

Commitments: Freelance developer, cat, girlfriend.

Dedicated time to study: To be honest, I can probably dedicate 6-8 hours/ day just to finish as fast as possible.

Timeline: ASAP, ideally within 0-1.5 years.

Tuition assistance/reimbursement: -

Although I have some years experience as a SWE, the job market is not looking that great for those without a degree (at least from my experience). So I decided that this would be a good time to pursue a Computer Science degree. In the future, I would also like to transition into cybersecurity, where a degree would be even more helpful.

From my research and understanding, there are 2 good candidates for my choice:

1. TESU double degree, BA CS + BS CIS.

• Pricier (~$5000-6000 for both degrees, is that right?)
  
• You get 2 degrees (does this actually have any positive impact?)
  

2. UMPI BS CS.

• Not yet announced, but some info that it will come this year. If you would recommend UMPI over the others, I could start working on credits that would likely transfer to other schools anyway (such as general education courses, intro to programming, etc.).
  
• Way cheaper (~$2000, is that right?)
  
  

If there are better alternatives please let me know!

I thought that the rough long term plan should look something like this (I would love your input on this as well):

1. Get the CS degree.

2. Earn some certifications (starting with CompTIA Security+, unsure what else yet)

3. Try to transition into a cybersecurity role.

4. Master's in cybersecurity (would this be worth it?)

And on a sidenote, from reading the forum, it seems the usual advice is to take courses through Sophia first, and only use Study.com if necessary. However, with the recent Study.com changes, is it now better to just use Study.com from the beginning? (I've never used either platform, so I might be wrong)

Thank you!