Accredited Online Master Degree, Accredited online degrees for people with prior college credits!
I received a an Associates Degree in 1976 and completed a total of 120
credit hours towards a Bachelors Degree in Business, from 2 different
State colleges, lacking only 2 Literature classes, from graduating at
the time.
I have operated several small businesses through the years and plan to
retire, but find myself wanting the Bachelors credential for myself.
All the colleges I have contacted now require me to complete 36 credit
hours in order to receive a Bachelors Degree.
This seems like an unreasonalble number of hours.
Wouldnt I be better off applying for entry to a Masters Program?
Are there accredited online degree programs that may require less
credit hours?
Are there Online colleges that are genuine and accredited?
To add to the last post. The regionally accredited colleges accepting
full transfer of credits toward a degree.
Excelsior College - the largest - offers none of its own courses but
offers its own exams.
Thomas Edison State College
Charter Oak State College
These 3 colleges also allow unlimited CLEP and DANTES exams so if you
are short a course you have the option of just writing the exam.
Reg .. If you are wanting to go on to graduate school and get a Master's
Degree after you get your Bachelor's, make sure that the school you want to
go to will accept your online Bachelor's Degree -- they might not.
Could you be a little more specific? Are there examples of traditional
universities refusing to accept degrees earned online from accredited
schools? I ask because John Bear surveyed admissions officials regarding
this question. He asked how acceptable a degree would be earned 100%
non-residentially. Of the 337 responses, 93% said they always would, the
other 7% said they almost always would. That sounds very supportive of
non-resident study, and suggests your caution may not be supported by the
evidence. But it would be important to know the exceptions, if there are
any.
I think that a Electronics Technology program is quite a bit different
from an Electrical/Electronics Engineering program though, so it would
seem to be the program and not the school. Then again, I haven't done
grad school yet, so I may be speaking out of turn since I don't know
grad school acceptance policies.
I went to Devry for a trimester back in 1987 though in the Electronics
Technology program, and it was not a true engineering program... more
of a mixture of engineering and electronics technician stuff...
heavier on the technician side though.