Question by jlaynaeb: Can you get an Associates degree after you’ve gotten your Bachelors in something else?
I received my Bachelors in Early Childhood Education last year and am currently wanting to get another degree, but this time in Business Administration. Is it possible to get an Associates in Business Administration after I already have a Bachelors in Early Childhood Education and have some of my credits transfer? An adviser at a local school said that he did not think it was possible to do this because it’s called regressing. He suggested I get my Masters…the problem? I don’t want a Masters in Education, I want a degree in Business Administration. If I go for a Masters in Business Administration, I would have to start completely over and go to school for another five years (I don’t have the time or the money to pay back all those student loans). Thanks for the help!
I should also mention that I can’t do much with my Bachelors in the state of Texas. I have to go through an 18 month certification program that does not offer any form of financial aid in order to be able to use it the way I was told I could at the beginning of my pursuit of a degree.
Best answer:
Answer by eri
Yes, you can do that. But you can enter an MBA program with any major – you don’t need a business major. You might need some work experience, but MBA programs take every undergraduate degree. It really would be more useful than an associates in business.
What do you think? Answer below!
You shouldn’t have to start completely over. You’d just have to take a few 300 or 400 level business courses to have the prereq’s for the MA courses. I’d guess two or three semesters at most before you could take the grad courses.
You certainly can take an associates degree after a bachelors. Many community colleges will just waive the general education component. You can probably finish in about a year. An MBA can often be done in two years with any major (less with a business major). Your cheapest route is often to take the prerequisites for your MBA at the community college and then go for your MBA. Your biggest hurtle is that you are going to have to fit in calculus and a year of statistics. You might be able to get the associates in one year including the prerequisites for the MBA. The MBA usually require basic courses in management, marketing, accounting, finance, business law, and math. There are typically taught at most community colleges.