02-29-2020, 01:55 PM
FastTrackDegree, if you asked me that question 10/15+ years ago. I would have said, sure, go ahead and get that HW Masters/MBA as it would have cost you just $1000 USD/course (10 courses). Now, it'll cost you about $1500/course so, you're looking at $15K USD. I recommended one of my best friends to finish his Bachelors at Excelsior in 2004 - it only cost $1500 at the time. In 2010, I recommended him to get the HW MBA. In 2014, he asked me again for a Masters in Finance, I told him HW had an option for that.
So - in short, those 3 degrees, through my recommendations, he did all the courses required for transfer to EC through CLEP/DSST, Uexcels, etc and did that for a very cheap price. On to the MBA, he had to study quite a bit for each course to pass them. The same for the Masters in Finance at HW, 10 courses/exams is all you need... it's a great investment of energy/money/time for the Masters.
Nowadays, I wouldn't recommend doing the HW route unless you are a very good "Brain dumper" and also know the subject like the back of your hand or something. For the ROI, the price you can get a US masters is so much cheaper with competency based degree providers. In your shoes, I would get a grounded Bachelors from one of the Big 3, and then go for a Walden Masters, all together would cost you less than 15K USD - just for the HW Masters.
So - in short, those 3 degrees, through my recommendations, he did all the courses required for transfer to EC through CLEP/DSST, Uexcels, etc and did that for a very cheap price. On to the MBA, he had to study quite a bit for each course to pass them. The same for the Masters in Finance at HW, 10 courses/exams is all you need... it's a great investment of energy/money/time for the Masters.
Nowadays, I wouldn't recommend doing the HW route unless you are a very good "Brain dumper" and also know the subject like the back of your hand or something. For the ROI, the price you can get a US masters is so much cheaper with competency based degree providers. In your shoes, I would get a grounded Bachelors from one of the Big 3, and then go for a Walden Masters, all together would cost you less than 15K USD - just for the HW Masters.
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Graduate Certificate: Global Management & Entrepreneurship, ASU (Freebie)
Completed: TESU ASNSM Biology, BSBA (ACBSP Accredited 2017)
Universidad Isabel I: ENEB MBA, Big Data & BI, Digital Marketing & E-Commerce
Certs: 6Sigma/Lean/Scrum, ITIL | Cisco/CompTIA/MTA | Coursera/Edx/Udacity
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