How has degree planning changed over the years?

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For Sophia, yes, that was the big turning point, although their subscription pricing has changed a bit over the years. Recently Study.com changed their subscription options to effectively reduce the cost of their courses dramatically, especially for those who can complete them quickly. It can actually be faster to complete courses on Study.com now because of the recent Sophia no-extra-courses policy change.

Exactly! This recent policy change at Sophia.org is somewhat restrictive on the number of classes you can potentially finish per month, they only allow two classes at a time.  If you know how to manage your classes and is effective/efficient, great with time management, it shouldn't be too much of an issue.  Having said that, my preference would be Study.com due to the classes you can complete for general education and electives that can max your transfer to an institution (most of the classes on their College Starter plan).

You can read the pdfs just in course preview so you can still keep going if there are delays in your current two courses.