Golden Gate University Associates for $0

Earn an Associates degree plus a career certificate (e.g. Google Project Management, IBM Cybersecurity Fundamentals or Meta Front-End Development) in about 2 years. Priced to match the average Pell Grant award. Fully online, partnership with Outlier.

Up to 45 transfer credits accepted including 12 credits from the military.

https://www.outlier.org/pages/degree-ggu-tuition-and-aid-lp

 

Good old GGU. Always on the cusp of disaster yet here they are, still chugging along.

 

I see that GGU's 1L enrollment fell off a cliff between 2021 and 2022 according to Law School Transparency. Their incoming class is down to 47 students. Not surprising really since they are very expensive.

There's a hint that entering full time JD students will each receive a full tuition scholarship. With a first time bar pass rate under 50% I sense panic.

Too bad, too. GGU Law has been around since about the Big Earthquake.

 

Thanks

 

IBM and Google awards lot of credits via ACE for theses Professional Certificates.

 

Whaaaaat? Did not know that. So that means some schools give credits for completing those certificates?

 

Heck yeah. Lots. Starting with the Big 3, I believe. And some go even further than that. I've read that if you study for an IT Bachelor's at WGU you'll end up with a degree plus about seven good 3rd party IT certifications. Built right into the curriculum. Gotta love that.

 

Good find, good program.
Side note, the Google, IBM and Meta certificates can be completed via Coursera

https://www.coursera.org/?skipBrowseRedirect=true

One of my kids has ACE credit recommendations for Google IT support - 12 units etc.
The specialization helped him to get hired to his current job even its not directly related the skills set was a big plus.

 

IBM college credits:
URL: https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pages/Organization.aspx?oid=6d532c35-75c4-ea11-a812-000d3a33232a
Google College credits
URL: https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pages/Organization.aspx?oid=3fdb1492-e04f-e911-a97b-000d3a363c81
Coursera college credits
URL: https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pages/Organization.aspx?oid=57592aa3-73c4-ea11-a812-000d3a378a3a

For example you get 9 credits for Google Project Management Professional Certificate completion.
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 introduction to project management
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 project management
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Agile project management

 

I thought those certificates looked familiar. Assuming you don't want or need the Associates degree from GGU, there is another option.

The American Dream Academy has the same certificates you can complete completely for free. What's the catch? You need to be resident in the United States.