What's your opinion of online universities? Are they any good? Any you would recommend?

Question

I'm looking into getting a business management degree, and would really like to be able to do it at home.

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Answer 1

Most "online" schools don't have good reps. Consider your options carefully.

There are reputable, "brick and mortar" schools that offer degrees online. Their good reputation for their on-campus programs will flow over into their online program.

To be quite blunt, an online OR an offline degree from, say, U Phoenix or Devry, will only get you so far because the reputations of these schools isn't the greatest with employers. A degree of any sort from UMass Amherst, or U Nebraska Lincoln, or U Maryland, will likely be seen as more acceptable by more employers, and may, therefore, get you further.

Some great universities that offer online degrees include:

University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Denver
University of Maryland
Duke University
Drexel
Carnegie Mellon
Penn State
Ball State
U Nebraska - Lincoln
Babson
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
University of Illinois

And there are others. But in general, when you're looking for a distance learning degree, try to find a program at a school that has a good reputation for their "brick and mortar" campus.

Good luck.

Answer 2

WGU is the best accredited online university. www.wgu.edu Check it out. Also the cheapest. Don't listen to cyanne2ok, My best friend just graduated from WGU with a Bachelor of Science in Business Admin., he started Harvard Law this semester. They must not have had such a bad reputation??

Answer 3

Honestly I would NOT recommend ANY online degree program. Though some are accredited, NONE have a good reputation at all.

Answer 4

Pretty much everybody in my town likes University of Phoenix, because the ones who get tired of online classes just go to the physical campuses. The online classes go by quickly, and you learn the most of your professor has been in the industry before. I did all my research at www.universityofphoenixdegree.com.

Answer 5

There may be online universities which have a good reputation but when it comes upto job placements , there may be some problem since you are not present in the university to apply to companies which come to campus.