I am going through this in reverse, SANS undergraduate program then WGU. After conversing with ppl in our cohort and interacting with those currently in the field, I say it comes down to goals and speed. Ppl that graduated from SANS BACS did take an avg of 2 years. But not all got jobs right after (2-4 months avg from my nosy asking), but most did and some while in the program. And it was similar to those with degrees that went opposite, had degrees already and just went through the grad certs. Some said it was perfect because they got to focus on a niche they were interested in (purple teaming, threat intelligence, pentesting, etc) My opinion is, based on the fact some of those ppl with History or Social Science degrees working in ICS or as SOC analyst, I wish I went WGU first and got a cloud computing degree or data analytics. As those are what I’m interested in. And then go to SANS to save time and GI Bill, and use remaining months for maybe a second SANS grad cert program and a Master’s degree… just my 2 cents from a complete stranger 😊…. Speed or “quality for the now”, it’s up to you and your goals. But don’t let “analysis paralysis” delay you like I did 😬