Thomas Edison State College or Utah Valley U
 

Hello everyone,

I have narrowed down my 2 most preferred institutions as far as completing my 4 year degree goes. I have a 2 year Associate which is pretty much useless if your trying to get to the Majors from what I understand.

Wondering which has the best reputation-Thomas Edison State College or Utah Valley University? Both are accredited and both offer online degree programs which is what i'm going after since I work full time and am a parent.

Thanks!

And btw, looking at an aviation degree since I will be able to transfer credits from my Associate in Aeronautics plus my ATP.

Thanks

Both are great schools and fully accredited. Go ahead and weigh both schools as far as price/completion time/etc and choose the one that best suits YOU in that regard.

@Learflyer

Thank you and in the process of doing that :) decisions, decisions :(

Thomas Edison State College or Utah Valley U
 

As recent as 2003, TESC accepted DANTES tests as credit. Banged out many a class this way....saved thousands.

Check out a textbook at the library, read, take DANTES test ($30-ish, I think), pass and get credit for class. Probably took 15 of these. If you're even mildly self motivated, you can save a bunch.

Thomas Edison State College or Utah Valley U
 

http://www.dantes.doded.mil/DANTES_Homepage.html

I did as many as possible classes at the community college I went to, transfered to Thomas Edison. Even though I've been one class away for a few years, I'm happy with Edison.

TESC grad here. I don't know about the other school, but TESC was REALLY flexible. Over 60% of my requirements were knocked out by standardized testing.

I looked into UVU a few years ago and ERAU (Worldwide Campus) turned out to be a cheaper option because they didn't charge to transfer credits. At the time I had an AA and Private through MEI ratings and other than the 30 credit hour residency requirement, I was able to fill in the rest with CLEP and DANTES tests. I took ten classes and was done.

Hate to poo poo your recommendations, but one thing that I realized when I interviewed at a major airline was that most of the guys who were interviewing were coming from the military academy's and well known state schools. To say that these options are both "great schools" to land a job flying at a major airline might be a little ambitious. They might both get a person a 4 year degree which helps check a box on an app, but I don't think they will help stand out in an app.

With that said, by all means pursue a 4 year degree, but don't get delusional and think that a degree from Utah whatever state is going advance your career ambitions any more than a degree from Anywhere University