Schools like WGU

billyr2009

Hi All,

I am looking at online Masters degrees in Information Security. I am trying to get some tuition reimbursement for my company, however my company states that the program they will reimburse for has to have letter grades and it must be an A or a B. WGU I believe offers competancy grading in their masters programs. Do you know if there is another programs similar to WGUs Master in MS:Inormation Security & Assurance that offers a similar program, near the same price, and offering grades?

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Khaos1911

Master of Science in Information Assurance | Dakota State University

colemic

There's nothing even close to price and speed of completion. Your best bet is to go sit down with your HR dept (or whoever can change/make an exception to the policy) and basically ask for a waiver. Sell it on accreditation.

aspiringsoul

I agree with Colemic. Make sure that they understand that when you are deemed competent for a course, it basically means that you earn at least a B letter grade equivalent for the course.

DSU would be my choice for an Information Assurance degree outside of WGU.

Stay away from "For-Profit" colleges.

Mike-Mike

colemic wrote: »

There's nothing even close to price and speed of completion. Your best bet is to go sit down with your HR dept (or whoever can change/make an exception to the policy) and basically ask for a waiver. Sell it on accreditation.

I have had 3 different companies pay for WGU over the years, and I had to do something similar to this, but all of them pay it

jdancer

For a list of accrediated schools, go to geteducated.com

210mike

A few years ago we worked something out with our HR department to get the tuition policy to cover 80% of WGU as a compromise to them not offering a letter grade. See what you can do with the company.

aspiringsoul

jdancer wrote: »

For a list of accrediated schools, go to geteducated.com

Great recommendation, jdancer!

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jfitzg

Capitol Technology University (formerly Capitol College) has a really good M.S. in Cyber and Information Security. It was recently renamed from Information Assurance to Cyber and Information Security. It is all online and the college is designated as a Center of Academic Excellence by the NSA.

https://captechu.edu/academics/graduate-academics/information-assurance-ms/degree-requirements