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Do you have any recommendations? It seems like there's just a few EE ones that are accredited, although I'm open to CS as well just to have a degree for the opportunities.

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I'm not sure if EE stands for electrical engineering or Eastern Europe. Either way, I'd get a degree from a well-known school in the field you wish to work. I don't have an online degree so I can't recommend from experience, but that's my advice as a hiring manager. Berkeley's MAS, which has specializations in robotics, electronics, and electronics, is $42k+:

https://www.coursera.org/degrees/mas-engineering-berkeley

The CS program rankings are roughly https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-sch...

I suggest reviewing the curricula before applying.

My partner is doing a distance learning bachelors from the Open University in the UK. They have both part time and full time tracks. The part time takes 6 years to complete. It's interesting too because the university has been doing distance learning for a long time, so it's not a standard online class. I believe the cost for the whole degree is around 32k USD.

Also, I suspect that if you plan to continue working in software, since you have experience, you maybe shouldn't worry too much about a degree from outside the US. I bet many recruiters just view a degree as a checkmark and are more interested in your work experience.

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