Ways to limit borrowing of funds required to study a BSBA include finding a degree course that balances quality with economy. Do a little bit of research and you will be surprised what you will find.

Top 8 tips:

1. Go for a DETC accredited university or community college without fail.

2. Choose a degree course at a university or community college where points can be transferred to other universities that may carry extra prestige, and save you a sizeable amount of money.

3. Don’t study a course that offers a degree within 2 weeks or 5 days or 3 months. This simply cannot be done so fast and is evidence enough that the degree pretty worthless.

4. Make sure the online degree you want to study, such as the BSBA, is at least a 40 course program with testing at the end of each course. The course will usually be spread over 3 semesters.

5. Take a free online FEMA course in emergency management. This course is transcribed by Frederick Community College for $60 per credit. Exams are open book and you may be able to transfer up to 1 year’s worth of credits.

6. Try the CLEP website and DANTES testing in order to meet some of the requirements

7. Study at Clovis Community College for $37 per credit-hour. This is an in-state or out-of-state course with online exams and no proctor/proctor fee. This is regionally accredited too.

8. Mix and match courses across several universities. Often universities partner up and cross-promote courses, allowing students to take advantage of better deals and study periods often reduced in length when points are transferred.

Try this for a solution:

If you are starting with no credits you can earn a regionally accredited/AACSB-accredited Bachelor of Science in Business Administration through the University of Wyoming.

1. Review the “BSBA curriculum sheet”. Use Google to find this page.

2. You’ll require 60 lower-level semester hours in certain classes. Check out Arizona Western College (2 courses for $258 per semester) and Clovis Community College (2 courses at $324 per semester). The most expensive would be around $3,300 from a community college for the first couple of years. Take two courses from each semester from Arizona Western and Clovis.

3. Two interesting statements from the document in item 1 above.

“Minimum of 48 semester hours of junior-senior-level courses. 30 of the 48 hours must be earned from UW.”

“50% of the business credit hours must be from the University of Wyoming.”

Based on 120 semester hours, that works out at 30 semester hours. So we have the backend covered for $4,050. Ten classes from University of Wyoming at $135 per semester hour (this includes fees) for 30 semester hours = $4,050. Our total now is at $7,350.

4. Take 10 classes at Louisiana State University, totaling approx. $2,300. Select only classes numbered 3000 and above for the upper-level credit. Apply to the degree plan. You must also pay proctoring fees for examinations.

You can study a BSBA for around $10,000 but the name of the game is to transfer.

Do your homework and you will be surprised what deals and surprises you will find.

By: Ashley Bowkett