Whats a good online college? One with good creditablity.?

Answer 1

If you can get into an Ivy League school, go there. If you are considering an online school, really do your homework first, and find some more reliable sources since anyone can type anything they want here:

Make sure your school is regionally accredited before you enroll. You can check at this site. http://www.chea.org/search/

There is no such thing as "local accreditation" that another poster mentions and the "national accreditation" for an institution is real, but not nearly as desirable as regional accreditation (the gold standard). www.degreeinfo.com is a good site for people who are actually informed about higher ed.

Here are just a few schools to check out.

DeVry University www.devry.edu
Franklin University www.franklin.edu
Kaplan University www.kaplan.edu
Davenport University Online

You can also look at State Universities, as more and more are offering online options or hybrid courses.

You may also want to post a new question looking for an online school in your major, since they have different majors

Answer 2

No online colleges are credible.

Most are For Profit corporations with little or no selectivity. They will accept nearly anyone -- so even if you are good, employers will have no way of knowing that.

Recent problems at the University of Phoenix have shed a bad light on all online schools. They paid a record $9.8MM fine for sleazy recruiting practices and are under investigation for padding their placement numbers.

Many of these schools tout the fact that they are accredited -- but they have the less rigorous local accreditation and lack the more prestigious national accreditation.

Companies like Intel have decided not to pay for employees to take classes at these universities -- citing their lack of rigor.

To add insult to injury, these "universities" are more expensive than the more prestigious state universities.

Go to a real school.

Answer 3

I'm currently taking courses at Kaplan.

My mom needs to take some courses to get her teaching license up-to-date. She called Kaplan and was told that NC (where she lives) will not accept their degrees. Worried, I looked up requirements for an educational paraprofessional in SC (my major.) One of the listed requirements is 'a degree from an institution accredited by one of the following'. There was a long list of organizations- 'Northeast Association of Colleges', things like that. Then I went to Kaplan.edu and checked out by whom it was accredited.

In SC, Kaplan is an entirely acceptable college. In NC, it is not at this time. You'll need to check your own state requirements and the accredition of the college you are looking into.

Answer 4

Actually I can only think about places like ITT tech and stuff like that right now but I think if you do research on some colleges they may offer classes online cause they offer classes for adults with busy work schedules but most acredited 4 year colleges have you takin class at the school

Answer 5

Instead of going to a strictly online school, try looking into traditional universities with a distance learning program. Most of the online schools are not reputable. Many traditional universities have classes that you can online and they will award you (provided that you've finished all the requirements) with a degree from that school.

Answer 6

it depends on what you are looking to go into. I tried the online college thing once and it was a PAIN IN THE BUTT. I hated it so much. I though it would be cheaper/faster/give me more time to work than normal college but boy was I wrong. It was nothing but a big fat waste of my time and money. I would seriously reconsider this option if I were you and go to a local college. (much much cheaper)

Answer 7

university of phoenix