Is University of Maryland University College a deployment-friendly school?

SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 18:56:04 -0400

I am due to deploy to Kuwait within the next couple months and need to find a great military-friendly school to help me get though classes while down range. I have heard things about American Military University, but nothing in regards to UMUC. I am leaning towards UMUC because there is a campus located on Camp Arifjan, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it'll be easier. Any advice offered is appreciated!

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 11 at 2014 1:55 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:55:37 -0400

I used it while in Korea but that's not deployed. Still i had good help from them.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 11 at 2014 2:06 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:06:39 -0400

I don't have any advice on UMUC but I will be seeing you in Kuwait soon. Headed there about the same time.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 12 at 2014 1:03 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 01:03:27 -0400

I have a close friend who is in Afghanistan, he says he has not had any issues with UMUC while he has been there, which is most of this year. I have heard good things about them as far as doing the courses during deployment and such. However, my wife recently applied there, just wanting to finish her bachelors up, and was going to go into the same field, she was pursuing in the states. She has 108 credit hours, and the school she was going to transfer to in the states before I decided I wanted to go active instead of reserves was going to transfer about 95 of them, UMUC said they would take like 30, so be aware that they do not accept a lot of transfer credits if they are specialized.

Response by MAJ Raúl Rovira made Aug 17 at 2014 2:24 AM

MAJ Raúl Rovira — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 02:24:22 -0400

I went through UMUC on-line. I had no issues. I took 3 classes wile deployed. Wile PCSing they granted an incomplete on a class so I could finish the work later.

Best of luck!