Are online college degrees for real all are they all a bunch of boloney?
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Congratulations on thinking about furthering your education.
Validity of an online degree depends upon where you get one. The first thing you need to learn about when searching for a school where you can get a degree online is accreditation. There are three levels of accreditation in the U.S. for an entire institution.
1. Regional accreditation - this is accreditation by one of six regional accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Best generalized accreditation a school can get.
2. "National" accreditation - it is not really national, but is called that because the agencies granting these accreditations are regionalized. DETC and ACICS are two examples of "national" accreditors.
3. Unaccredited - completely unacceptable, avoid at all costs.
There are additional accreditations that an institution can get. These are program accreditations. For example, the business program (or school) at an institution can achieve AACSB accreditation. Psychology programs can be accredited by the APA. ABET accredits engineering and technology programs, etc. A school that has a program accreditation for the program in which you are interested is the best accreditation possible.
Minimum accreditation a school you choose should have is regional. It is better if the program you want is also accredited. You can check on the accreditation of any school at two websites. The first is the CHEA (Council for Higher Education Accreditation) http://www.chea.org/search/search.asp...
The second is the USDE Office of Postsecondary Education at http://www.ope.ed.gov/accreditation/sear...
Now that you know something about accreditation, you can start searching for a school. When searching for a school, look at the cost of tuition first. How much does the school charge per credit hour. Then check to see if the school is on the quarter or semester hour system. To change tuition rates from quarter hour to semester hour, divide by 0.67. For example, one school charges $310 per quarter credit hour which is equal to $462.68 per semester credit hour.
One of the first places to start your search will be at your local community college or community colleges in your state. If you are just starting your college education or have little at this time, these will be the least expensive options. Many community colleges are offering online program and classes.
If you are looking to get a bachelors degree, find a school that offers the degree you want. Get their catalog and get information on the degree requirements, especially general education courses. These will be what you can complete at your community college. Some universities will have degree completion programs where you obtain an AA degree in general studies at community college and then complete a bachelors at the university. Look at the state universities first. An online degree from a state university is no different than a degree conferred if actually sat in a seat at the school. There is usually nothing indicating the degree was obtained online.
Try to stay away from the for-profit schools like Phoenix, Kaplan, Strayer, DeVry, ITT Tech, etc. They charge too much.
Here are some examples of state schools that are offering degrees entirely online.
Penn State
Mississippi State University
Florida State University
University of Florida
University of Illinois
University of Wyoming
University of Texas
SUNY
Ohio University
University of Oklahoma
and many others
If you can spend two semesters in Cambridge, MA ie. spring and summer, you can even get a Master's degree from Harvard online.
American Public University has about 100 degrees online at $250 per semester credit hour including books. http://www.apu.apus.edu
University of Wyoming has an AACSB accredited business program and degree completion programs in Psychology and Social Science. They also have master's degrees in education and business. Undergraduate tuition is $137 per semester credit hour plus books. http://outreach.uwyo.edu/ocp/
Florida State University has an ABET accredit computer science degree online. It is expensive if you don't live Florida though.
University of Illinois also has about 70 programs online including computer science, history, philosophy, economics and mathematics. http://www.online.uillinois.edu/catalog/...
One last thing, a business administration degree isn't a secretaries degree. It is a management degree or marketing degree or human resources degree, etc. Your boss, their boss and even their boss probably have business adminstration degrees.
Good luck
Some are from accredited institutions but are usually not as well regarded as degrees from real bricks-and-mortar universities.
pure junk wallpaper!!!
Their not, I'm taking few courses in college and one class online.
it really doesnt matter if a college has a campus. no one will know if u earned your degree online or on campus.
only those colleges are ONLY online I wouldnt risk my time on them.
It depends on if they are accredited or not. For example, the University of Phoenix degree isn't worth much...but some colleges that are real brick and mortar, accredited colleges offer degrees that are worth every bit as much as an old-fashioned degree.
The only place where you can get a real legit online degree is a real college. None of that CTU or DeVry crap. Thos are all jokes. KU or K-State, Florida University, etc. will be the real places to go.
NOW, with that said... most online degrees are the (what I like to call) secretary degrees, meaning that the degrees that are available strictly online are in like Business administrations... e.g. secretary.
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