is an online degree from devry university in computer programming worth anything? what about database?

Question

a bachelors degree

Answer 1

I'm going to disagree with most of the people here. I have a degree from a school similar to Devry and I'm currently employed by the BIGGEST telecommunications company in the world, I learned a MASSIVE amount of information from the teachers who taught at my school, whom were all previously employed in the field they were teaching. Also, schools like Devry don't have bad companies that come to them for recruiting, unless you consider Microsoft, IBM, and AT&T bad. The only thing I would recommend is that if you're going to spend the kind of money that Devry costs, make sure you get the most out of it that you can. I have friends that went to the traditional 4 year college, and didn't learn a d@mn thing that would apply to a programming job or a networking job, because the teacher teaching the course hadn't actually worked in what they were teaching.

An interesting point that someone else brought up is experience. Experience is the most valuable thing to have, but along with experience comes the knowledge to back it up. I know worthless pieces of crap at my job that have worked for the company for 20 years, but in the end, they're still worthless pieces of crap. Having experience is one thing. Backing it up is another. A good thing to assist in backing up experience are certifications. CCNA for cisco products, MCSE, MCSA, MCAD for microsoft products, etc.

We could sit here and have this argument all day...heh. Feel free to contact me if you want :)

Answer 2

Of course it is. It proves that you are a self-starter without the help from the professors. BEWARE, I took 2 online courses at the college where I am at and it is much harder to try to keep up especially when you don't know too much about the subject. I took an Internet/Web Page Development course and passed with an "A". Then the other one I took was Systems Analysis and Design and that was hard but I made a "B". I took Intro to Database on campus and I made an "A". So you also want to think about what kind of software you are going to need for those courses because they don't come with the book. For instance, if you are taking a Database course the program would be Oracle 9i but the online course may want you to use Microsoft Access Database.

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Answer 4

Not really.

DeVry, University of Phoenix, and the lot of continuing education for-profit "schools" that are out there aren't worth your time.

Get a degree from a real school or university. It will cost more and take longer...but in the end you'll learn much more and you'll be proud to have it on your resume.

Answer 5

nope, especially considering the amount of degree-bloat in the workfield and outsourcing to asiang countries, degrees from these universities like devry, university of phoenix, itt technical institute are pretty much worthless. you're better going to a community college and then transfering to a state college or university. or better yet, just go to a state university.

one thing to consider is what kinds of companies recruit at the university. most employeers go to real universities and not to devry, et al. if you want a job, it's much easier going through college recruiting than just cold emailing/mailing your resumes to companies.

Answer 6

Degrees aren't as important as experience in the field. Unless it comes from a top rate school with a strong reputation in electronics like MIT or something, of course.

Answer 7

Yes, they are regionally accredited. This is the highest accreditation a university can receive.