Fri 29 Jan 2010
I’m looking into my options for Online study programs. Does anyone know of any others besides Pheonix and AIU?
Fri 29 Jan 2010
I’m looking into my options for Online study programs. Does anyone know of any others besides Pheonix and AIU?
January 30th, 2010 at 5:04 am
There are literally hundreds of programs available. Of course, some fields have limited options for online programs. Check accreditation of any school you find by going to the CHEA (Council of Higher Education Accreditation) website at http://www.chea.org/search/search.asp If a school is accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, it will be listed in their database. Try to stick with schools that are regionally accredited by one of the six regional accreditation agencies. FMU and ITT Tech are both accredited by the ACICS. If you notice on ITT Tech commercials, it has a statement, “Credits are unlikely to transfer”. If you want to change schools or get a higher degree later on, you may have problems. All of that can be avoided by attending a regionally accredited school.
Please stay away from UoP. I don’t have anything bad to say about their academics because I don’t have any experience with them. I do know some people who have attended UoP, but I didn’t ask them specifics. The problem I have with UoP is cost. More than $400 per credit hour is entirely too much to pay any school for undergraduate courses.
AIU is currently on probation with their accreditor. This is worst punishment an accreditor can impose before removing accreditation from an institution. AIU has until Dec. 2007 to get their act together. If they don’t, they will be unaccredited and their degrees granted from that point onward will be useless.
My recommendation is to look into your state schools. Many will have online programs and will be recognizeable to your current and future employers. Also, in many instances, a degree granted by the online section of a state university will be no different than a degree granted to an in-a-seat student.
Here are some examples to get you started…
Fort Hays State University – http://www.fhsu.edu/virtualcollege/...
Peru State University – http://www.peru.edu/offuttafb/degreeprog…
University of Wyoming – http://outreach.uwyo.edu/ocp/
American Public University – http://www.apu.apus.edu/index.htm...
University of Illinois – http://www.online.uillinois.edu/...
All of the above are $250 per semester credit hour or less.
Good luck
January 30th, 2010 at 10:07 am
Check out Baker College out of Michigan.
http://www.baker.edu
Baker College has both traditional brick and mortar school with a 100% on-line degree option.
Affordable at $180 per credit hour.
Fast paced…4 semesters per year, 2 6-week sessions per semester so if you can carry 2 classes per 6-week session, you can clear 16 classes in a year.
My degree and transcript look exactly like the ones from the traditional program.
However, the program is not a cake walk. You have a significant amount of assigments due each week.
January 30th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
I have heard that FMU and ITT are also good online programs. I am also looking to start online courses myself.
January 30th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
This site may have the information you need.
January 30th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
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January 30th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Penn State World Campus has an outstanding reputation.