Online degrees?

whats up with online degrees every site i visit it says online degree onlind degree. what makes it so sepcial? what kind of degree is that? master-bec- etc...


is it benfit for u career?


how i can get one?


does it take a long time to get one ?


do i have to attend some courses or w.e


basically what do you know about online degrees?


my major in college is finance if that tells u smething

Online degrees?
What you are probably seeing are advertisements for for-profit schools, both legitimate and not. There are many options for legitimate online degrees. A person can obtain an Associates, Bachelors, and Masters degrees online. There are also several options for graduate certificates in certain fields.





Of course, there are limits, will a distance education bachelors in finance enable you to get a $100,000 a year job with Goldman-Sachs? Probably not, but it will get you a decent job for decent pay in the finance department of a bank or medium sized firm. Distance degrees have their limits, but they are not useless.





First, when choosing a school, make sure it is regionally accredited. You can check accreditation on schools at http://www.chea.org





Second, check the price. Don't pay more than $250 per semester credit hour in tuition. There are even options that are less than that.





Some options for schools are:





Fort Hays State University - http://www.fhsu.edu/virtualcollege/


Peru State College - http://www.peru.edu/offuttafb/degreeprog...


American Public University - http://www.apu.apus.edu/index.htm





I'm assuming you are in the U.S. Look into your state schools as well. Many of them will have online degree and certificate programs. Those will carry more weight with employers in your area than schools that aren't familiar to them. For example, an online paralegal certificate from University of Florida will be much more recognizable to an employer than a paralegal certificate from Ashworth College.





If you aren't in the U.S., you can try a couple of respected overseas schools as well. The Open University in the UK is a respected distance learning school. http://www.open.ac.uk/ The University of South Africa is also accredited by the DETC in the U.S. http://www.open.ac.uk/





Good luck,
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Reply:Online degrees are usually pretty worthless unless you are simply taking distance courses through a traditional university. This way, no one will ever know you took online courses and the standard of education matches that of 'regular schooling'.