California Coast University

I am updating this post once again to cover some additional inquiries I have received and that is about accreditation. The question is will a Cal State University accept your transcripts? The answer is most likely not, BUT keep in mind that CCU is a career oriented school such as many others out there. The key to your answer is to contact your Human Resources Department and verify that they will accept California Coast University for purposes of employment or educational incentive pay. There are many online colleges that some employers will not accept. Always do your research first. And yes I am still slowly making progress while raising a family and I am learning as I make progress towards by Bachelors Degree.

Met my needs 100%. I graduated from a community college with my associates degree and bounced around between California State Universities taking a course here and there for my bachelors. I started working full time and the courses I needed conflicted with my work schedule. I wasn’t going to take split courses in the morning and evening so I decided to look into affordable colleges where I can take classes online to finish my degree. CCU was one of the more affordable colleges. They offered a convenient work at your own pace program and they were able to accept all my community college credits. I graduated towards the end of 2014, received my degree, and made honors. I’m happy with the decision to attend CCU. People may talk bad about the college, but success will always depend on the individual, the college just supplies the tools you need to succeed.

I went to two other Universities, Lander University and St. Leo University, and just never got around to finishing my degree. Until I made a decision to go back to school and finish. I did a ton of research and even called The Board of Education in Washington to make sure that CCU was accredited and recognized as a legit University and it was. I obtained my B.S. in Health Care Administration in Feb 2010, and to this day, it is one of the best things I ever did for MYSELF. I worked my butt off. I studied harder than I did when I lived on campus and even had to get a tutor to help me through my Finance courses. I found a local college to proctor my exams for me, as well. One of my proudest accomplishments of my life; to start something long ago and finally finish. I finished strong! I have only good things to say about California Coast University.

Before you go here, keep in mind that accredited universities will not accept any of their classes for credit. I went to have my transcripts evaluated at a California State University and they laughed at their transcripts.

As a military retiree that took college courses randomly throughout my career CCU helped it all come together. As a senior enlisted member management was one of the many expected job skills that CCU recognized. I now have a bachelor’s degree that I proudly earned that is backed by my military experience.

Excellent MBA Program! Finished the MBA program back in 2005 and I have to tell you that it was both challenging, delivered well and it taught me a tremendous amount. I had a very positive experience with both the faculty and overall curriculum. It’s really how much time & effort you put into the program that truly determines your success & value of the program given the self-​paced & self-​learning approach. For those who can handle distance learning, their programs are well-​designed and in the end will also equip you to advance in your career.

I graduated from Cal Coast in March 2012 with a BS in Business Admin. When a job promotion relied upon a quick Bachelors degree, I had to find a way to finish my BBA fast. I had a lot of previous college credits but State Universities wanted me to take more Humanities and Arts classes before they would enroll me. Luckily I found Cal Coast. They accepted most of my units, allowed me to CLEP some more and were reasonably priced.
You need to understand how accreditation works before you go to any none regular state university type school. There are two major accrediting bodies in the US; National and Regional. The US Dept of Education and CHEA recognize both bodies. Normal State universities are Regional. Many «for profit» schools like Cal Coast are National. The Regional accrediting process takes a long time, is expensive and has a lot of non-​teaching requirements that small schools can’t fulfill. National will always accept Regional credits but Regional will not usually accept National. If you want to transfer or continue to a higher degree you need to find out if your plans will work with National accreditation. A few employers won’t pay for National, many state licenses require Regional. In other words if you are unsure of your future, have lots of time and money, go for Regional. Most people, even University employees don’t understand accreditation. The USDE and CHEA are trying to end the Regional practice of not accepting other credits (see Higher Education Transfer Alliance (HETA) program) but that will take years.
In my case the coursework was the same as the state schools I have attended. Cal Coast uses the same books, same tests, etc as Regional schools. It is all self paced so if you are not motivated forget it. I didn’t ask for or get much feed back from them. I finished 30 units in less than a year with a lot of work. If you have an exceptional teacher in a regular class you would learn more but as most teachers are only marginal, you may learn more in this type of learning. After graduating I took the GRE (like the SAT but for bachelor graduates going on to Masters) I did very well. I tested better than 90 percent of college graduates (regional included) in verbal. I was better than 72 percent in essay writing. I also found a major State University who would accept my Cal Coast degree and was selected over some Regional graduates into a Masters program. So in my case it worked out but research it first, it is not for everybody. Good luck!