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Old 11-09-2019 | 08:22 PM
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Hey guys,
Looking at quickest options to get my degree. I have basically no college under my belt, I do have my flight instructor ratings and ATP. I don’t really care what the degree field is in, But just want to know what people have been through and also timelines for getting a bachelors degree and who gives the most credits for pilot certs. I’ve looked into liberty, ERAU WW, Utah valley. But was wondering if there were any others people knew about/used.

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Old 11-09-2019 | 08:30 PM
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Definitely Liberty!!! Really awesome place for any pilot that’s busy!
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Old 11-09-2019 | 09:20 PM
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DSU is completely online with aviation degrees, and they’re accredited.
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Thomas Edison State University has a partnership with ALPA

https://www.tesu.edu/alpa
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Old 11-10-2019 | 03:11 AM
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I actually have a question about this too. How many credits would be realistic to take a semester while in the regionals? I’m a CFI right now and about 10 months away from the regionals, and I’m only taking 7 credits this semester and it feels like a lot at the moment. I have 32 credits right now (not including whatever I can get from my pilot credentials), so I figure it’ll still take me a few years at this slow pace.
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Quickest option is to take a bunch of CLEP tests
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Old 11-10-2019 | 05:07 AM
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Liberty for quickest option- definitely not the cheapest though.

They will give you something close to 50 credits for your pilot certs and your type rating is a class too I think.

They have 8 week semesters and you can take four classes every 8 weeks. So in a regular 16 week semester you could earn 24 credits. That is a heavy load and I would not recommend it, but its what I am doing with the aviation classes.

If you have no college it would be financially prudent and fast to do all of the general education at your local community college online and after getting AA or AS degree transfer into Liberty or another school to complete their bachelor's program.

You could do dual enrollment at a community college and at Liberty at the same time to do it even faster if you could keep up with the coursework
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Old 11-10-2019 | 09:44 AM
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Quickest option is to take a bunch of CLEP tests
I did that in college over Christmas break... I would buy the text book for x course, park myself on the couch and read it over the holidays, and then turn around and sell it back at first of the semester and then immediately go take the CLEP. Got out of a few courses that way. Saved a lot of money not to mention shortened my entire time at college by a whole semester.
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Old 11-10-2019 | 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
I did that in college over Christmas break... I would buy the text book for x course, park myself on the couch and read it over the holidays, and then turn around and sell it back at first of the semester and then immediately go take the CLEP. Got out of a few courses that way. Saved a lot of money not to mention shortened my entire time at college by a whole semester.
How hard is it to CLEP out of a class? Is it like taking a final?
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Originally Posted by SoFloFlyer
How hard is it to CLEP out of a class? Is it like taking a final?
Well it was 15 years ago when I did it so I don't know if it is changed.

But it was an online multiple choice question test and it covered the subject matter pretty in depth. It was like a CFI written in terms of difficulty.

They ask questions that you wouldn't just know, you would have had to have read the material to be able to answer.
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