Is having an online degree a joke?

happymomof1
Fri, 11 Oct 2013 21:18:37 +0000

Unless one of your own fully accredited home-state public universities offers an online program, the only two you should be looking at are [Accredited Online College | University of Maryland University College](http://www.umuc.edu) and [Penn State | Online Degrees, Online Courses, and Online Certificates offered by Penn State](http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/) Both of these have been in operation for many years, and have served many students - especially US military personnel serving outside the US. These two do have track records that you and your parents can investigate.

I do wonder where your parents get the notion that just any online institution is “the same as” an on-campus program. Some are substantially similar in content, but many aren’t. And certainly the “classroom” experience is entirely different.

Perhaps the real question to ask your parents is if they truly are willing for you to get a college education at all.