The part of your comment to which I am responding is, "but if I did they have a BS degree through a subsidiary college." You will never regret getting that BS or BA/AB degree. Regardless of how competent you are, not having that degree can be a serious impediment to advancing in a job. Of course, you hear lots of talk about merit based systems. The problem is in the implementation of such systems while complying with every increasing regulations against discrimination. I have seen extremely competent people frozen in lower paying jobs because they didn't have the paper credentials for a higher paying position, even though they were fully competent to do those jobs.
On-line schools and for profit schools are becoming quite popular, such as University of Phoenix. In the early days, for-profit schools earned the stigma of being diploma mills. Although, there are now many reputable for-profit schools, some of that stigma still exists when you go to look for employment. It is dying out fairly quickly, and in fact, some major universities (e.g., CWRU) encourage a great deal of at-home, on-line learning. I have little doubt that you won't get a good education at CIE.
One of the problems in assessing a job candidate who has a degree from a for-profit school versus one from a not-for-profit school is to assess what the competition was like at his school. With established public and private universities, one has a better understanding of what the competition was like and may feel, rightly or wrongly, that he can assess the candidate's performance accordingly.
So, in brief, the stigma of getting a degree from a for-profit is quickly dying out, but there still remains the problem of assessing comparative performance.
For you, that means you may have a little more trouble getting your foot in the door of your first potential employer -- particularly one not familiar with schools in Northeastern Ohio.
Ohio in general and Cleveland/Akron specifically have a lot of public, tax-supported colleges and universities. You may want to do a cost estimate for Cleveland State, U. Akron, and other convenient schools compared to the cost for an AAS + BS at CIE and its affiliate.
Regards,
John
BTW, I assumed you are in the Cleveland area. If not, just substitute similar universities in your vicinity.