are online degrees worth anything??

[lucas43068]

ive about had it up to here with my job, and want to go back to school. but i cant afford to quit, and my job has different hours/days all the time. so i was considering online, anyone have any experience with this? and do employers look down on online degrees?
thanks in advance!

 

[AKL_Megs]

It's a degree... and you still have to go to class once in a while.

I have MANY co-workers who are getting online degrees, and a few who already have them. They ARE the same degree you get by sitting in class every week. You DO have a LOT of work, and a time you have to have it done by. You DO have to go to classes for certain things.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

We will not hire anyone with one from an all-online school.

 

[Magic Mom]

Lots of big name brick and mortar universities have online degree programs.

 

[Minnie]

You need to ensure that the school is accredited. I would highly recommend taking online courses from a brick and mortar school.

I finished my BS and MBA online from one of the top private univerities in my state. As this is from a brick and mortar school and is accredited there is no difference between online and in the classroom other than the online courses in many cases end up being more work. Only reason I finished online was do to work / family schedule.

Good luck!

 

[lucas43068]

We will not hire anyone with one from an all-online school.

this is mainly what im looking for.. what does your company do??

 

[AKL_Megs]

We will not hire anyone with one from an all-online school.

That is a shame. STANFORD, and other BIG-time universities offer these now.

 

[LoraJ]

It depends on what school you choose.

Online classes are not easy. You have to be really self-disciplined. They can also be a lot more writing than traditional classes.

Now that the technology is catching on, you can get online degrees at brick and mortar schools. The degree does not say online on it, so the employer would never know.
I'd just avoid University of Phoenix because it gets a bad rep.

I've been in 3 different programs. At first I was at University of Maryland University College. It was expensive, and a lot of work.

I switched to City University of Seattle because their communications program was more in line with my career. The classes were 10 weeks long and there was a ton of writing. But it was way too expensive.

So now I am at CUNY with their online program and am very happy with it. And the tuition is cheap compared to the others.

 

[luvsJack]

It may depend on what you plan to do and which on line school you choose.

There are a lot of brick and mortar schools that have online programs and you will be able to take most, if not all, your classes that way (at the community college where I work, there are 3 or 5 AAS degrees you can get entirely online if you choose). An online degree from these schools will look no different than one a student earns in the traditional classroom.

And then there are totally online schools. You have to be careful and make sure they are accredited and accredited by the correct agencies.

I am hoping to earn a teaching degree, starting in June and will be attending an entirely online school (WGU). I contacted the state department of ed. and asked about getting my license with this degree. They said as long as the school is regionally accredited. WGU is both regionally and nationally accredited.

I have a coworker that will be getting her degree from Un. of Phoenix. They are not regionally accredited so I guess will see how it works out for her in June.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

That is a shame. STANFORD, and other BIG-time universities offer these now.

Of course and if you had read what I said - I said from an ALL-online school - like a University of Phoenix.

 

[AKL_Megs]

Of course and if you had read what I said - I said from an ALL-online school - like a University of Phoenix.

Ah, of course... missed that.

 

[lillygator]

it depends, do you need the gmat or gre to be accepted? are they an accredited school?

 

[LoraJ]

Of course and if you had read what I said - I said from an ALL-online school - like a University of Phoenix.

They are not all online though. They have classrooms all around the country. They even have some by where I live.

But this is exactly why I could never recommend the school to anyone because it has a negative stigma.

 

[NikitaZee]

Of course and if you had read what I said - I said from an ALL-online school - like a University of Phoenix.

I'm curious - why not? May I ask what kind of company you work for - and their reasons for not accepting a degree if it's from an all online school?

 

[LoraJ]

I'm curious - why not? May I ask what kind of company you work for - and their reasons for not accepting a degree if it's from an all online school?

I think the good news is that negative attitudes towards online degrees may eventually change as the younger crowd gets into the workforce. I know a few students attending brick & mortar schools that take online classes and they say they are harder than their in-classroom ones.

Some people have this idea that with an online degree you just pay a fee and get the degree. They have no clue how much work it actually is.

 

[Tiana]

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[lillygator]

Univ of Pho....well, several of my coworkers did their schooling from there and it was a joke. I started my MBA with Columbia Southern, which our work partnered with and really pushed upon us...have 8 classes in, all easy as pie, and now my company has severed ties as they are not acc, and are using a back door method to get acc. I am working on studying for the gmat and plan to apply to UF's online MBA, which is not all online, you attend a week in the beginning and a weekend a month at the campus.

 

[AshleyW]

Lots of big name brick and mortar universities have online degree programs.

DF graduated this past fall from Upper Iowa University with a degree in finance. They're a brick and mortar school with online programs. His degree doesn't specify he went through an online program, so unless he told someone, nobody would ever know.

 

[Tiana]

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[lucas43068]

ive taken on line classes before, i just never finished up my degree, so hopfully i might have some core classes out of the way, and i probably would only take one or two a term for the time being..