Posted on Feb 23, 2016
Does it make a difference if my degree is from a For Profit or a Non-Profit college?
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For the past 2 1/2 years I have been trying to get my Bachelors degree in Human Resources Management from Grantham University. I've only been using my army tuition assistance, that is why it's been taking me so long to finish it. Anyways, I have about a year left somebody you know until I get my degree but I have been wondering if I should finish my degree at a regionally accredited nonprofit university. The reason is because I've been hearing a lot that for-profit colleges aren't that great when I graduate tries to find a career. This isn't something I've been thinking about on my own, but rather research I've been making over the past few months. Someone, please give me assistance on what I should do. Should I finish my degree at the college I'm at now or try to transition to a nonprofit university and see what credits transfer with me? Don't get me wrong, I really like Grantham University and the way classes are set up and how knowledgeable each professor is. It would just be a waste to go through and get my degree at this college and not have it planned me a job somewhere after I graduate. Thank you very much.
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You're in a bad place. Grantham is not regionally accredited. The chances of the credit transferring are slim and none; slim just left. I took 18 hrs at Grantham before I realized it. I stopped, transferred to Alabama and they didn't take any credits from Grantham.
It's not so much for profit vs non-profit as it is accreditation and name.
Some people don't believe in name recognition for a university. Some do. I personally do. Now Alabama vs Southern Cal vs Georgia etc, no. Ashford, Grantham, Columbia Southern, University of Phoenix etc vs the aforementioned school; not even close.
It's not too late to start over. I've had the long hard talk with a couple of my soldiers and they decided to leave Grantham. They applied for a Pell Grant and are doing junior college for cost savings then using TA for a regionally accredited university.
I always recommend Soldiers do junior college. The value is there, you can usually transfer 60-90 hrs to a senior college, the instructor to student ratio is much better, especially for the more difficult classes for most that have been out of school for a while such as algebra, comp, sciences etc.
It's not so much for profit vs non-profit as it is accreditation and name.
Some people don't believe in name recognition for a university. Some do. I personally do. Now Alabama vs Southern Cal vs Georgia etc, no. Ashford, Grantham, Columbia Southern, University of Phoenix etc vs the aforementioned school; not even close.
It's not too late to start over. I've had the long hard talk with a couple of my soldiers and they decided to leave Grantham. They applied for a Pell Grant and are doing junior college for cost savings then using TA for a regionally accredited university.
I always recommend Soldiers do junior college. The value is there, you can usually transfer 60-90 hrs to a senior college, the instructor to student ratio is much better, especially for the more difficult classes for most that have been out of school for a while such as algebra, comp, sciences etc.
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Accreditation is the "be all and end all" when it comes to colleges and universities. It is important that you check to see if you credits transfer, as others have said.
Profit/non-profit...meh!
Profit/non-profit...meh!
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For profit vs non-profit doesn't matter unless the school is not accredited. I went to American Military University for 2 degree and Pepperdine University recognized both when I applied for my MBA. I don't know about Grantham, but I would dig into their accreditation. I went through the same phase were I questioned my degree's worth, but I have never had issues.
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SGT Jerrold Pesz
American Military University is fully accredited. Accreditation is something that I encourage everyone thinking about a college to check. Credits that won't transfer can be a big problem down the road.
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So given that AMU is regionally accredited even though it's a profit school, would degrees from this school be looked down on in the civilian sector?
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