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Originally Posted by BELLA

having worked Admissions, you are always safer going with a Regionally Accredited school. I saw a lot of students lose out credits they took at DETC & ACICS schools. Of course it depends on you, but if you think you may want to transfer schools midway of your programs, RA is the best way to go.

but of course everything is relative to your goals.............

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That's a hard call- because if you want a trade degree (mine is culinary) RA isn't an issue. HOWEVER, like you said, if you want to move up the degree chain you'll need to plan ahead. My husband and I both have NA associate degrees in culinary arts- that's our industry standard. I am almost finished earning my BA (starting at zero credits), and it will be RA - so I am not going back- in other words, my MA will be RA (and so would my PhD). My husband on the other hand had no interest in anything outside of culinary/hospitality/hotel so he found a NA bachelor degree program that took 100% of his NA associate degree. Should he desire an MBA, it will certainly have to be NA.
He works in industry- I teach in a community college. Different paths in the same field. You can choose either path, just know that you'll get to a fork in the road and things are much easier if you know AHEAD of time where you want to end up.
RA and NA don't go back and forth.