Does it matter if your degree is from an online university when seeking employment?

Question

University of Phoenix or American Intercontinental University? Which is better?

Answer 1

The answers you are being provided are not supported by the present state of the research. The academic research presently tells us that the acceptability of the degree is founded almost entirely in the reputation of the awarding college and not whether it was online or in-the-seat.

While there are some employers who have an immediate issue with "online" as Kalos posits, reality is that in the coming years, it will become increasingly more difficult to get a degree that doesn't have some online component. Times have changed and so has education and training.

That said, if you wanted to pick two colleges with a reputation at the bottom (without consideration of online or not) - you have picked two that are at least very close to the bottom of the list.

If you want to earn your degree online, look at places like UMass, Florida State, U Florida, the state university in your state, etc...

There are many people resisting online education right now just as many people resisted online shopping a few years ago and resisted home computers as recently as 10 years ago. These people are simply resisting an inevitable change - the change is here. When the likes of Harvard, MIT, UC Berkley, Stanford, etc... started teaching online, they set the standard for the coming change. That's just they way it is.

PS: what college you attended is not a protected class. It's perfectly legal to discriminate on the basis of where you went to college. It's done everyday. There are some employers that won't look at your resume if it's not from one of the top 25. Everything else goes in the trash.

Answer 2

Yes, to many employers, it does matter. Some will refuse to hire anyone who went anywhere online, no matter how reputable the overall school. Others refuse to hire from those "known" online schools, such as those that you listed. Others don't care where or how you went to school, so long as you got a degree.

So if you can get yourself to a campus, and a reputable one, then do so. It'll give you a degree that most employers will respect. Your local state college is likely *fine*.

If, however, you must attend online, then try to find an online program that's run by a reputable, brick and mortar university. I'll give a few examples to get you started: UMass Amherst, U Maryland, Penn State, Drexel, U Nebraska, U Denver, U Florida, and Rochester Institute of Technology. All are reputable schools, and all offer online degrees. Also check your own state college and university. They could well offer something online.

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Does it matter if your degree is from an online university when seeking employment?
University of Phoenix or American Intercontinental University? Which is better?

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Answer 5

Which is better ??

The question should be "Which is Worse?".

Both have horrible reputations. See the links.

American Intercontinental University's accreditation has been placed on probation.

On-line degrees from solely on-line universities usually have a low reputation, sometimes—such as in the case of UofPhoenix—lower than having no degree at all. On-line degrees from legitimate universities that offer the same courses on-campus are regarded as the same *so long as* the employer doesn't know the degree was obtained on-line. The reason for this is the consensus that someone educated on-line is not as well educated as another candidate who has spent four+ years in an academic environment.

There is no "law" that says on-line degrees have to be treated the same as on-campus degrees for private employment purposes.

Postscript:
People who claim the equality of *totally* on-line vs on-campus degrees are giving irresponsible advice. The equivalence does not exist now, and probably never will exist. (This is separate from saying that ever-increasing amounts of on-line delivery will be part of tertiary education in the future). The best evidence is the great length schools and students go to make sure their sheepskin (and transcripts) do not indicate that a degree was earned on-line. It's still a major embarrassment and impediment to hiring. For example, it is today possible to get a Civil Engineering degree (ie bridge building) on-line which is supposed to be equivalent to (the same school's) on-campus degree. Every Engineering Manager knows that's baloney. Graduates of this on-line Engineering degree are handicapped right from the start of their careers.

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

it should not and legally they should not be able to descriminate against an online education. in fact most degrees are done online anymore

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