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Are any online schools respected in an employers eyes? I was looking at University of Pheonix, looks like a nice way to get some college credits without having to drive to class, but would it look as good on a resume as a "real" college?

Are some online schools better than others?

And cost is another thing... per credit it was more than the local community college. I thought it would be less since they didn't have to pay the overhead involved in having a real physical classroom. It costs about triple, and even looking at out of state tuition rates of the local communnity college the online school is more.
 
INCREDIBLY expensive, and not quite as respected overall. Many of them aren't regionally accredited, and that's a bad thing. regional accreditation>nation accreditation
 
Just go to a CC and get your AA or AS. With these you usually can get in to any State University (but not necessarily a program) Also, at least in Washington, you can take State U courses at some CC's if the School has an extension program.
 
Originally posted by: azazyel
Just go to a CC and get your AA or AS. With these you usually can get in to any State University (but not necessarily a program) Also, at least in Washington, you can take State U courses at some CC's if the School has an extension program.
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My main interest in the online schools is that I don't have to spend time in a classroom. I'm working full time and if I am taking online classes I can actually do some of them while I'm at work, while any classes that I have to take in a physical classroom would cut into my offtime.
 
My community college has tons of online courses. One semester I took about 16 credit hours of nothing but online classes. CC is dirty cheap. An entirely online college will cost you out your arse.
 
Originally posted by: cjgallen
My community college has tons of online courses. One semester I took about 16 credit hours of nothing but online classes. CC is dirty cheap. An entirely online college will cost you out your arse.
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which degree are you going after? I looked at local online schools in NYC and sorrounding area and couldn't find a BS in Finance or accounting. In the SUNY system only one school offers online degrees and the choices aren't very good.
 
Apparently some are pretty well respected. For many of us, it's the difference between no degree, and a degree. Plenty of professionals can't possibly bother with the time and scheduling required to go to an actual classroom.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Apparently some are pretty well respected. For many of us, it's the difference between no degree, and a degree. Plenty of professionals can't possibly bother with the time and scheduling required to go to an actual classroom.
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Exactly.

I have been looking at the online route and the CC route as I have no college

I am thinking that online would work much better as if I am traveling I can still do my online chat

Main problem is transferring the credits and cost

 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Apparently some are pretty well respected. For many of us, it's the difference between no degree, and a degree. Plenty of professionals can't possibly bother with the time and scheduling required to go to an actual classroom.
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Agreed. I'm starting to look at PT law programs - I know that it's not the best way to go, but it may be the only way I can do it if I'm not married or if I can't get loans to go fulltime when I do choose to go. Oy.
 
meh,
not really worth it imo. It kinda depends where you wanna go / what you wanna do with your life.
 
I'm going to graduate from an online school at the end of this month. There are plenty of nay-sayers who claim it's not as good. I have been to 2 public schools and 2 private online schools and the only difference is you don't go to class. The work load is the same, if not worse because of the shortened class times (typically one month online vs. quarter or semester system).

Not well respected? I don't know about that. A degree is a degree.
 
Originally posted by: dirtboy
I'm going to graduate from an online school at the end of this month. There are plenty of nay-sayers who claim it's not as good. I have been to 2 public schools and 2 private online schools and the only difference is you don't go to class. The work load is the same, if not worse because of the shortened class times (typically one month online vs. quarter or semester system).

Not well respected? I don't know about that. A degree is a degree.
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An employer will pick someone with a CC degree over someone with online college degree....
 
Originally posted by: halik
Originally posted by: dirtboy
I'm going to graduate from an online school at the end of this month. There are plenty of nay-sayers who claim it's not as good. I have been to 2 public schools and 2 private online schools and the only difference is you don't go to class. The work load is the same, if not worse because of the shortened class times (typically one month online vs. quarter or semester system).

Not well respected? I don't know about that. A degree is a degree.
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An employer will pick someone with a CC degree over someone with online college degree....
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Who? I've never met anyone that said my degree is worth less than a 2 year AA or a 4 year BA/BS.

Besides, my school does have local campuses so you nor your employer can prove where I took my classes.
 
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