Online vs. Traditional 4 yr university!!!?

One idiot wrote an answer and others repeated it with different meanings. You can never go wrong with education. Unless you are a recruiter, you cannot answer this question. It depends on the employer. I have taken online classes with the prospect of attaning Bachelor's Degree from online University. I have contacted the local community college and ask them if I can transfer those units and they have accepted the thirty units in which I have taken. I have contacted several recruiters from various employers and asked if online degree does infact have the same value as a degree from a traditional school. Their respond was, "as long as its from an accredited university". If it is your desire to pursue your education online, don't be hindered by these tenuous remarks others wrote at yahoo.

I received my MBA from the University of Phoenix online, and it worked out very well for me. I believe that because of all of the traveling I have done with my job, I could not have attended the classes, nor completed my degree from a local university. University of Phoenix Online is a great option for people who work 40+ hours per week, and is even better for those people who travel as part of their job. The online program provides you with a great amount of flexibility so that you can set your own days and times to read, study, do assignments and participate in the classes. The flip side is that some people need and thrive on the structure and personal relationships that a four year university offers. With regard to earning a Bachelors in IT, I'd suggest going to the four-year university, especially if you have doubts about whether a potential employer will "accept" a degree from the University of Phoenix. IT can be a very competitive market, and you would not want this decision to be one that is held against you. The online program may be a better option for earning a post graduate degree.

Online schools are viewed as diploma mills. You can even earn a nursing degree through online classes...think about that next time you are in the hospital. Employers do value colleges and universities that they are familiar with at least by name. Lets face it, everyone knows the names Havard, UCLA, Stanford, etc. You are more marketable if you have a degree from a "known" college.

You have to be very careful with on line universities. I am aware of only one reputable university that offers complete degrees through distance and on line. Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada has been involved in distance education for more than 30 years and has built a good reputation. Check out their website. Possibly a telling point is whether the on line university also has a real life campus. Athabasca University does.

I don't think so, because there is no way to verify that someone actually did the work themselves. Or that the institution isn't one of those "diploma mills." The type of place where you send them a check and they send you a diploma. Plus, often online schools change their names or go belly up....how do you verfiy the degree?

I'm an employer and I definately prefer ground based schools.

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Check out this webite regarding online degrees.

Online degrees are a joke unless you are taking the courses directly from a university. Most, if any, of the credits acquired online will never transfer over to an actual university or community college.

Also, check out this website for accredited colleges:

North Central Association of Colleges

www.ncacasi.org

Your degree from a recognized, accredited university will usually carry much more weight with an employer than an online degree.

Make sure that when you put your time and money into earning a degree that it is from a regionally accredited institution. The regional accrediting bodies are listed at:

http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/accreditati...

The online colleges with regional accreditation are listed at:

http://www.elearners.com/colleges/colleges.asp

Personally, it is my belief that part of learning is face-to-face interaction with the professor and the students.

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Many of the brick and mortar schools offer online courses, and when you receive your degree, it does not indicate online courses were taken. The online schools that tend to raise the red flags are the ones that pop up all the time on computer screens when surfing. They agitate folks and raise questions about their accreditation.

I researched online schools for almost 3 months. You really cannot do it online if you want a job after graduating. Even the online schools that are accredited are no good when it's time to get a job.

There is no way out, you must go in-campus or take classes on-line from your local prestigous college, if they offer it.

Check out http://go4onlinedegree.googlepages.com/

hope it helps