Online Degree vs. Traditional

If you are going for graduate studies in engineering fields, DO NOT enroll an online program. If you have to, go at night and earn it part time.

I’ve seen so many managers at my current job throw resumes in the trash after seeing the ‘online’ graduate degree listed at the bottom of the resume. In fact, one resume got folded into a paper airplane and was passed around the office. Quite horrible.

Also, stay away from places like DeVry, University of Phoenix, Career America, and other lame rank-and-file universities. Like the poster above, you don’t want to have to explain why you attended a university with a bad stigma associated with it.

The exception is for continuing education purposes in the same field AFTER you’ve earned the graduate degree, but don’t desire to get a PHd.

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