Good idea to earn online associates degree then transfer to earn bachelors?

SNHU is way too expensive

you can earn an online associates degree from a public community college in your state for less than half the price

for example, these are available from SUNY (State University of New York)

http://navigator.suny.edu/degrees/?degree_level=as...

or you could look at

http://www.tesu.edu/academics/What-You-Can-Study.c...

the best thing you can do is go to

http://www.degreeforum.net/forum.php

create an account and ask all questions there

it is a site dedicated to online learning, distance education and independent study

they can help you figure out exams to take for credit (CLEP, DANTES, straighterline)

and which accredited schools to go to

and how to make sure credits transfer

As long as you get your BA it does not really matter where you did your first two years.

It's possible.

Often time u'll need to redo the classes though.

Figure it out

Moving from online to an actual brick and mortar school is possible, and a lot of people do it, just be prepared to lose some credits. That's just the way it goes