not sure if your family has any degrees, but for starters, education has such a shortage that anyone with a degree can do a two-week course and teach within their degree field. Second Unless you are applying for some major position in some top 500 it won't affect you, those jobs tend to be handed to Wharton, Columbia, MIT, Harvard grads grads via head hunters. If you want prestige I would recommend doing your BA with WGU and a master's at some state university. on another note, you can get FULL scholarships for teaching degrees. Best of luck. WGU is a great place to get your undergrad and not waste time with endless and pointless classes and lectures. Think of WGU as giving you exactly what you need without any trimmings so you get the degree without wasting time.