Are Online Colleges Worthwhile?

Do you have disabilities that don't allow you to attend a regular brick and mortar college? Are you able to study on your own? Make sure that you have the mentality to go to an online school.

My daughter has a disability that does not allow her to go to a regular brick and mortar college. She went for quite a few years but kept having to drop classes due to her son's disabilities and her own. It was taking her forever to try to get her BA. Finally I talked her into checking online colleges. Here are some of the things that she found out.

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Which One Is Best For The Degree Plan You want

Angel already knew what degree she wanted to go for. She started going through the various online colleges to see which ones had the curriculum she wanted. Angel wanted an online college that would allow her to become a research psychologist. Most of the online colleges did not lead to this type of degree. She finally found an online college that fit the bill perfectly. It has every type of course that she needed. This online college was Walden University. Not only could she get her BAAS through Walden, she would be able to go on for her Masters and Doctorate in Psychology. She has only 3 classes left now before she gets her BAAS in Psychology. We are so proud of her.

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Combining your Masters and Doctorate Programs

My daughter finished her BAAS in Psychology at Walden University. She was getting ready to go into the Masters Program at Walden when she found out that they had a combined Masters/Doctorate program. This program combines like type classes in the Masters and Doctorate program so that it takes less time to get your Doctorate Degree. In 6 years and some months, I will have a doctor of Psychology in my family.

When you go to check out an online school for a Masters program and you plan to go for your Doctorate degree, make sure you check to see if they have this same type of program for you. My daughter said it will save her about $20,000 doing the program this way. It never hurts.

Is It Different Than A Brick And Mortar College?

I have had two people from my family attend an online college. My husband's niece went to Phoenix College out of Phoenix, AZ. She said that the tuition there was more than a brick and mortar college. My daughter attends Walden University and says that the tuition is about the same as she was paying when she went to University of Texas in San Antonio (UTSA). She is very pleased with the tuition for this online college.

What does this mean? Investigate the online college of your choice to see if the tuition cost is equivalent to your going to a brick and mortar college. You may end up paying more than you plan to if you don't.

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No, you use the exact same type of textbooks that you would be using were you to go to a brick and mortar college. You can either order them from a bookstore online or find some that are downloads that you are allowed to use while the class is going on and they are turned back in when the class is over.

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