<p>Has anyone been to TESC? Does anyone have a degree from there? How is it looked upon by the business world? Is a degree from there the same as a degree from U. of Phoenix, for example?</p>
<p>I am looking for a bricks and mortar college that accepts federal financial aid to obtain a bachelor's degree online from. This seems to fit the bill except I am unsure of the bricks and mortar status. </p>
<p>I understand that TESC has a campus but it appears that it is for admin purposes only.</p>
<p>TESC is one of the “Big Three”: the others being Excelsior (in NY - same people that accredit Cornell and
Columbia) and Charter Oak State College (CT - accredited by the same people that accredit Yale).</p>
<p>TESC is a state uni, and is accredited by the same regional board that accredits Princeton.</p>
<p>The Big Three came about in the 1970s as a response to the open uni movement and “college without walls”. </p>
<p>It’s perfectly respectable and employers will take your degree from there just fine. You may not impress investment bankers, but it works fine for general business, government and grad schools.</p>
<p>I would prefer it over Phoenix; TESC is a state school and Phoenix is a profit-generating school that preys on people too ignorant to attend their cheaper state/non-profit unis.</p>
<p>Financial aid has changed to not require bricks/mortar schools. Now you can do it all online at places like no campus like Western Governors University (which the governors of several western states set up).</p>
<p>TESC has a fine track record and has been around for decades. It is perfect for someone who is willing to do their degree quickly and move on to grad school or a job which requires the degree.</p>
<p>TESC and the other Big Three require you demonstrate mastery of the subject. They just don’t require you park your butt in a chair to do so. If you learned it from a previous job, through your Great Books group at the library, or your own autodidacticism, they don’t care. Knowledge is knowledge.</p>
<p>Parents - if you want to save bux look carefully at doing degrees like this.</p>
<p>Also many homeschoolers use TESC to satisfy high school requirements but earn a college degree at the same time. There’s a Yahoo group showing how to do just that.</p>
<p>This thread is 8 years old. Closing.</p>