Ashworth College >> then to a RA institution

* Disclaimer - I have no problem with Ashworth or any other NA school.

Obviously you're concerned about the transferability of Ashworth credits. Under thos circumstances I am wondering why you are so set on Ashworth as opposed to the numerous RA alternatives.

 

Bang for buck wise, Ashworth College saved me a lot of money. I transfered into the RA Southwestern College but I remember how panicked I was about trying to find an RA school to accept the credits. Oddly when I asked Southwestern they said they would NOT accept credits from Ashworth, however once I actually applied and sent in my transcripts they did.

Other options would of course be the ones listed above and of course Ashford University, APUS/AMU and I'm sure quite a few others that really don't make an accreditation distinction as much as they use publications from such agencies as the U.S. Dept. of Ed and the CHEA.

 

OK. Money is always a winning answer for me but is Ashworth really THAT much cheaper than, let's say APU, Peru or Ft. Hays?

 

For undergrad classes:

Ashworth: $80/credit hours, includes all books.

Peru State: $168.50/credit hour, books extra.

Fort Hays State: $161/credit hour, books extra.

AMU/APU: $250/credit hour, includes all books.

For a 60 hour associates degree, the total costs (not including books at Peru and Fort Hays State) would be:

Ashworth: $4800
Peru State: $10110
Fort Hays State: $9660
AMU/APU: $15000

 

For me yes. They were even cheaper than my community college at the time.

 

Question for Ashworth graduates

I received my bachelors from University of Phoenix online, which was a terrific way for me to finish my degree. When I finished my degree there was still some stigma associated with online universities and I had some concerns that it would affect my ability to get a good job. Luckily it hasn't.

My oldest son is now about 6 months away from graduating high school and he is considering Ashworth for the convenience and the cost factor. Since I have never heard of Ashworth and I am reading some very mixed reviews on the college, I am wondering if someone who has graduated from Ashworth can answer some questions for me. How have you found your degree is received by potential employers? Do you think you really received more "bang for your buck" at Ashworth? Would you recommend the school to others?

I just want to be well informed and not steer him away from the school simply because I haven't heard of it. There are plenty of b&m schools that I haven't heard of that are good schools; so, I don't want to place an unnecessary bias against the school.

Thanks for your help.

 

I have been conducting an ongoing poll at the Ashworth group over on Yahoo and asked many of these same questions. I started the poll in 2005, but since Ashworth started its own message board the Yahoo group doesn't get much traffic these days. Here are the most recent results (the first number for each choice is the number of votes. The second is the percentage of the total votes).

Choices Votes % 1 reply
I was able to transfer my entire degree to another DETC-accredited school. 6 6
I was able to transfer my entire degree to a regionally-accredited school 7 8
I was able to transfer SOME credits to a DETC-accredited school 3 3
I was able to transfer SOME credits to a regionally-accredited school 3 3
I can't get ANY school to recognize my degree. 5 5
My degree has helped me further my career, and employers had no problem accepting it. 7 8
I found the courses useful, but employers recognize only regionally-accredited degrees 4 4
I did not find the courses helpful in my job, and employers would not recognize my degree. 2 2
I have not graduated, but I find the course work useful and my employer is supportive of the school. 50 57