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? asked in Politics & GovernmentMilitary · 8 years ago

Question about Airforce schooling?

I will be signing a 6 year contract come this summer and im curious if i get a bach degree while in the military can i then transfer to a real university after my service is up and continue school for 2 more years and graduate with a masters?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    Air Force (two words)

    While you will have opportunity to take college courses, and depending on your job can possibly take more than one class a semester, there is no way to complete a 4-year degree in your first enlistment. After tech school you will enter into On The Job Training (OJT) to learn your job and go through upgrade training. During this time you are not allowed to take classes, as the AF wants you to learn your job and focus on your upgrade. That will eat up a year or more of your enlistment.

    Add in deployments, exercises and Temporary Duty (TDY) assignments that take away from your opportunities and you can see how difficult it is to get through a 4-year degree program in any first enlistment. You have limitations beyond your control.

    I got two bachelors and later my masters thanks to the USAF, but it took a long time and there were breaks in the process I couldn't control. From enlistment to masters degree - 18 years,

    Source(s): Retired USAF Gulf War Veteran / DoD Civilian
  • Aden
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    The Community College of the Air Force only awards an AA... you get your BA/BS from another accredited school (most USA colleges will take your AA and 2 more years for your BA/BS) then even while in you could do another 2 years of online/night class' and get a Master or wait until you get out. TA/GA bill only cover a masters so your Doctorate is out of pocket...

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Like Rodger says, you won't be allowed to take any classes while you're working on your 5-level CDCs.

    The Air Force is top priority and they want you to know your job first before they allow you to do anything else. If you try to study for something else and you fail your CDCs, you will not be happy. Fail one too many times and they kick you out.

  • 8 years ago

    1. there is no air force school

    if you take college class's while in the AF, ou will be taking them at a regular university

    the AF doesn't send you to school, other than your tech school for job training

    2. if you earn a BS degree, then it will be from a regular univ, so is no different than a BS degree from any univ

    3. it is highly doubtful you will be able to earn a BS degree in a 6 year enlistment

    your looking at being able to take one, maybe two class's each semester, so thats approx 18 semester hours max per year

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    And where do you suppose your going to find the time to get your bachelor's while serving in the Air Force? think there going to give you a part time schedule so you can go to school? you'll be lucky if they don't work you 12 hours a day 6 days a week,

  • 4 years ago

    How approximately you serve previously you go around telling human beings to capitalize military, or Air rigidity. Please do not answer questions approximately serving interior the army, in case you have never even been in. go away that as much as us that have been extremely in. thank you.

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