Fastest Ba/bs Earned By A Degree Info Member

[Dr. Gina]

Ok.....From Start to finish, who on this board has the record in earning their BA/BS in the shortest period of time?

Just curious...

[decimon]

Originally posted by Dr. Gina
Ok.....From Start to finish, who on this board has the record in earning their BA/BS in the shortest period of time?

Just curious...

Want to see me earn my BS?

Want to see it again?

[DBA with an MBA]

Originally posted by decimon

Want to see me earn my BS?

Want to see it again?

Ah, I see you used **Insert favorite word processor here** with a **Insert favorite color laser printer here**, just like me!

Cheers!
Rick

[roysavia]

Most colleges (DL and B&M) have a minimum time requirement on most programs. However, I have heard of cases where individuals have completed 120 credit hours in just over two years.
I'm looking at regionally accredited-GAAP schools only. With the SRU type schools, you can probably get your degree in 10 minutes.

[MarkIsrael@aol.com]

Here's the fastest legitimate BA that I know of:

Originally posted by John Bear at http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...29.ppp.lmi.net
It was far more common in the earlier years, when Regents gave 39 semester units for the GRE, so 3 GREs and one CLEP, for instance, would have been enough. [Regents College, now Excelsior College, originally awarded a flat 39 credits for a 35th-percentile score on a GRE subject exam. Such a score would be worth 3 credits today.]

It also used to be the case that the GRE was given every weekend in Washington. I once co-starred (so to speak) in an infomercial, in Arkansas, along with a National Guard Sergeant, who not only did his Regents BA with 3 GREs and a CLEP, but did it all in one weekend.

Here's the fastest legitimate BA I know of by a DegreeInfo member (I am sure somebody else will know of a faster one):

Originally posted by Steve Levicoff at http://groups.google.com/groups?selm....ix.netcom.com
For the curious, here's how I did my own B.A. in Humanities from Thomas Edison, earning 98 credits by portfolio, testing out of an additional 16 credits through TECEP and DANTES exams, and carrying in only six credits by previous coursework. Incidentally, even though I entered with only six credits, the whole ball of wax took me only a year and a half - with administrative and graduation paperwork included, I was in and out in 1 year and 10 months, and have never been turned down by a graduate program to which I've applied.

	Thomas University Thomas University Thomas offers an online Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling. The school is regionally accredited, the most widely recognized accreditation. Click The Link to receive FREE information on this school.

[roysavia]

Steve Levicoff? So that means he started his B.A. and finished his MA and doctorate in about 5 years!

[Randell1234]

Starting with an AA, I was able to complete my BS in 5 months combining two UoP classes with 16 exams. I completed 15 exams in 6 weeks and had to schedule the last one 5 weeks later.

Total time from AA to BS - 5 months.

	University of Phoenix University of Phoenix UoP is probably the largest, most popular online school in the US. With the largest selection of degrees, you can easily find the specific program you are interested in. They offer Arts & Religion (Associate's and Bachelor's), Business and MBA (Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's), Computers and Information Technology (Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's), Education and Teaching (Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral), Health and Medicine/Nursing (Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's), Science and Technology (Bachelor's), and Social Sciences/Criminal Justice (Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral). The school is regionally accredited, the most widely recognized accreditation. Click The Link to receive FREE information on this school.

[Tireman4]

Well,

At Thomas Edison, I tranferred in 117 credits from various schools that I attended. I then transferred a math class in one month. I then took my history test over the phone that took on hour from a professor at Rider University. The process from start to finish 8 months.

	Ashford University Ashford University Ashford offers online MBA, bachelors, and masters in many fields, including Business, Accounting, Business Administration, International Business, Economics, Business Information Systems, Social and Criminal Justice, Communication, Early Childhood Education and Administration, Education and Public Policy, English, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Studies, Finance, Health Care Administration, HC Studies, Health and Human Services, History, Homeland Security and Emergency Mgmt, Human Resource Mgmt, Journalism, Communication, Operations Mgmt, Organizational Mgmt, Political Science, Psychology, Public Admin, Public Relations, Social Sciences, Sociology, Risk Management, Sports, Teacher Certification, Education, Health Care Administration, Organizational Management, Teaching & Learning with Technology, and Public Administration. The school is regionally accredited, the most widely recognized accreditation. Click Here to receive FREE information on this school.

	Thomas University Thomas University Thomas offers an online Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling. The school is regionally accredited, the most widely recognized accreditation. Click The Link to receive FREE information on this school.

[airtorn]

Nobody has done it in four weeks?

[mojoehand]

Well, I haven't finished my BS yet, but here is my story. I was officially enrolled at Excelsior on 10 Nov 2003. After everything was evaluated, I had 73 credits. I took my first exam on 23 Dec 2003. I plan on taking my last exam no later than 1 Jun 2004 (16 exams in all, for 51 credits). After that, it's just a matter of waiting for Excelsior to process the paperwork for my diploma. If Excelsior doesn't take more than a month, I will have earned my BS in seven months, from enrollment to degree.

[Steve Levicoff]

Originally posted by roysavia
Steve Levicoff? So that means he started his B.A. and finished his MA and doctorate in about 5 years!

Moi? Perish the thought!

It was just under six years.

[Okay, let's see . . . I started TESC, carrying in only six credits, on 5/1/85 and graduated with the B.A. on 3/1/87. I spent the fall '87 semester in California, then returned east and started the M.A. program at Vermont College, then part of Norwich University, on 2/1/88. I presented my thesis in 1/89, then started the Ph.D. program at Union on 3/10/89 on contingent admission pending my graduation from Norwich which, after all administrative paperwork was done, was on 6/26/89 (thus converting my Union admission to full status). I graduated from Union 3/31/91. So the whole ball of wax from starting my bachelor's to graduating with the Ph.D. was 5 years, 11 months.]

Details, details . . .

	Norwich University Norwich University Norwich offers online MBA Degrees in Finance, Organizational Leadership, Project Management, General, and Master’s Degrees in Business Continuity Management, Master of Arts in Diplomacy, Information Assurance, Military History, Organizational Leadership, Public Administration, and Civil Engineering. The school is regionally accredited, the most widely recognized accreditation. Click The Link to receive FREE information on this school.

[JJJ]

well, I enrolled @ TESC in December '03 with 0 credits, and completed my last 3 of the required 120 credit hours last week. The final tally was 1 online class, 4 TECEP exams (Thomas Edison's version of the CLEP) & the rest was CLEPs, so I guess it took about 2 & a half months.

	Thomas University Thomas University Thomas offers an online Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling. The school is regionally accredited, the most widely recognized accreditation. Click The Link to receive FREE information on this school.

[Dr. Gina]

Originally posted by JJJ
well, I enrolled @ TESC in December '03 with 0 credits, and completed my last 3 of the required 120 credit hours last week. The final tally was 1 online class, 4 TECEP exams (Thomas Edison's version of the CLEP) & the rest was CLEPs, so I guess it took about 2 & a half months.

Ok...A new Member in the lead! It makes the rest of us look old and slow!

[airtorn]

Originally posted by JJJ
well, I enrolled @ TESC in December '03 with 0 credits, and completed my last 3 of the required 120 credit hours last week. The final tally was 1 online class, 4 TECEP exams (Thomas Edison's version of the CLEP) & the rest was CLEPs, so I guess it took about 2 & a half months.

Congratulations! That is incredible. You actually challenged the BA-in-4-weeks concept.

[Rich Douglas]

I took my first college class in August, 1978. I finished my last class for my first bachelor's in April, 1980. A whole lot of testing happened in between. I passed the last test for my second bachelor's in June, 1980. That's two bachelor's (from scratch) in 21 months. Oh, I turned 21 in June, 1980.

Rich

[drwetsch]

For me it may depend on how you look at it. From the time I inquired about completing my UND degree to having the degree awarded in 2001 was about 2 months. However, taking into account the time I started study at UND the overall length of time from start to finish was 23 years.

John

[Ian Anderson]

Originally posted by Dr. Gina
Ok.....From Start to finish, who on this board has the record in earning their BA/BS in the shortest period of time?

Just curious...

It took me 36 years to earn my BSLS, then aother 10 years to earm two masters.

Since you raised the question how long did it take you to go from zero credits to doctorate?

[June]

That's amazing! Did TESC take some of the CLEPS as upper- level credit? That's always been the sticky part for me--getting some arbritary number of upper-level credits.

[magnuski]

Thanks to this board, I enrolled at Thomas Edison with zero credits and did all of the work -- a combination of 70-some CLEP credits and 40-some portfolio credits within 11.5 months. The college then took another six months to confer my BA in journalism.

I'm now into my fourth trimester at Cal State-Dominguez Hills, in hot pursuit of a humanities masters.

Cass
(perpetual lurker)

	Thomas University Thomas University Thomas offers an online Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling. The school is regionally accredited, the most widely recognized accreditation. Click The Link to receive FREE information on this school.

[oxpecker]

Yow. Some of you are quick!

It took me 25 years to earn four degrees plus a graduate diploma (worth perhaps half a degree). So about 6 years per degree.

Perhaps we should have a competition for slowest degree!