You guys that are still in the corporate world....

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Do they look at online degrees the same way they look at degrees recieved on campus?

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I used to think of them as scams, what is the concensus now?

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They are scams

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I used to think of them as scams, what is the concensus now?

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Our CFO commented on this a few weeks ago. Someone mentioned that one of their employees is going back to school and our CFO said it was such a waste of time and money.

Degrees aren't seen as they used to be because they're so easy to acquire now. Unless you're getting an advanced degree in STEM, accounting or nursing, you're more than likely just throwing your money away (or the campany's).

As someone who has graded applicants on a board, I can tell you people chuckle when we consider an applicant with an online degree.

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Do they look at online degrees the same way they look at degrees recieved on campus? Seems to be a lot of them out there now. I used to think of them as scams, what is the concensus now?

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Depends on the school. A buddy of mine is getting a masters in finance from Georgetown that is predominantly online. He has to make a couple trips up there during the semester and do a big project at the end but it's mostly based from his home. And your degree doesn't say "ONLINE" in big letters across the front, his will carry the same weight as someone who got theirs on campus.

Now, all the Devry/ITT Tech/etc degrees are a complete joke and are never taken seriously.

I think generally speaking, most folks would consider the actual education you received while earning an on line degree as pretty marginal when compared to more traditional routes. That said, when it comes to actually hiring someone for a job, and depending on the specific circumstances involved, an on line degree could be seen as valuable.

If I’m considering folks for employment, I’d look pretty hard at some ol’ baw that worked, went to school on line, and got his degree as opposed to bitching about not having one, especially when I’m comparing him against some frat star that took 6 years to graduate in general studies from some school not really known as an academic juggernaut.

I think it's more important to have your BS from an on campus scenario for more professional jobs. A lot of guys I worked with got an MBA or some sort of additional masters/education by doing it online and that seems more acceptable.

There's a level of maturity and personal growth that comes with attending a university. There are exceptions to every rule, but I can typically tell within the first few minutes of meeting someone whether or not they went to college.

Any degree from an online-only college isn't worth the paper it's printed on.

In my opinion, online degrees will continue to be perceived as inferior for quite awhile.

Biggest reason being...while an online degree (even from a reputable university) may technically be equivalent in regard to curricular requirements, they lack the intangibles that on-campus degrees are indicators of.

For example, if someone has a traditional on-campus degree, you know that person at least had to exhibit some modicum of independence and responsibility.

for all you know, someone with an online degree earned it while having tentacle porn open in another browser tab after waking up at 12:30pm in their parent's basement.