If you take online college classes in another state, would you still have to attend a local college?

Question

As you can tell I know nothing about this...

I'd like to take online college courses, as my life doesnt allow for classroom classes. Can it be done fully online??

Answer 1

If you take your online courses from http://www.extension.harvard.edu/2007-08/DistanceEd/courses/ there are very few schools in the US that won't transfer the credit.

Understand, transfering credit varies from school to school and there are no absolute rules. If you take your online classes from a regionally accredited college or university with a good reputation, most other regionally accredited colleges will accept that credit in transfer if it applies to your degree.

Louisiana State and Brigham Young University have really good online classes at good prices. You might also want to consider the state university in your state.

http://www.is.lsu.edu/courselist.asp?nid=102&Level=CO&Online=0
http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/

You can earn a complete degree online but it's a difficult task and rather costly. If you decide on that route, be sure to pick a reputable program such as UMass or Florida State and not one of the late night TV commercial degrees.