Could you help me to choose an online college Please

[Selecting-prob]

am new to the idea of distance learning. I am a freshman and am attending Duquesne university, but I don't see myself staying at a full time school. I would like to start working and saving money in order to open my own business and going to school full time makes it impossible to save a significant amount of money so I've decided on looking into distance learning. I want to earn a Bachelor's in Business probably in the Entrepreneurship major. I will have 30-60 credits by the time I enroll in an online school if it is the route i choose, but I will need to take the rest of the courses online. does anyone have any ideas for me? Only school I found so far is Ellis College. Thank you in advance.

[ShotoJuku]

www.excelsior.edu

[Dismay]

Hey, Well obviously there is a banner on top which says 375 subject.

I am sure one of them would suite you.

[lizakollman]

well, that is true! gotta find something there!

[DRJ]

Hey, Well obviously there is a banner on top which says 375 subject.

I am sure one of them would suite you.

That is pretty unkind and not really helpful.

[DRJ]

am new to the idea of distance learning. I am a freshman and am attending Duquesne university, but I don't see myself staying at a full time school. I would like to start working and saving money in order to open my own business and going to school full time makes it impossible to save a significant amount of money so I've decided on looking into distance learning. I want to earn a Bachelor's in Business probably in the Entrepreneurship major. I will have 30-60 credits by the time I enroll in an online school if it is the route i choose, but I will need to take the rest of the courses online. does anyone have any ideas for me? Only school I found so far is Ellis College. Thank you in advance.

You are about to enter an interesting world. I am not really familiar with the US system but reading many of the posts on this and other sites suggest you may want to look closely at your local community college system to see how they can help you. They are inexpensive and the credits can be transfered.

There are two schools that are discussed as being well regarded and inexpensive which may interest you. LSU (Louisiana State University) http://www.lsu.edu/ and FHSU (Fort Hayes State University) http://www.fhsu.edu/ seem to be options you may wish to consider.

Good luck and keep the board posted with your decisons and progress.

P.S. Posters... Please include links to the schools you mention. I have seen several comments about great colleges but the name and the web link are not posted. Since this is a distance education forum any school that does not have a web presence would not really be appropriate.

[51-year old man]

Just to share my quest for a reputable online degree provider, and some observations - it may help other browsers.

My list is down to the following schools:

- CTU Online*
- University of Maryland University College (UMUC Online)**
- New Jersey Institute of Technology - via eLearning***

*I'm leaning towards CTU. It's up with my boss, and eventually our HR for pre-approval. My company may cover up to 5K per year. You'll hear a lot of negative things about CTU's admissions process (just like Univ. of Phoenix and other heavily advertised schools), but I haven't seen a trusted source question the validity of a degree earned at CTU online. Actually, out of all the three schools, CTU was the most patient at explaining their admission, financial, articulation, and academic processes. At one point, I had a team of six people helping me out. I think what the academic society is complaining about CTU, UP, etc., is that they hire non-qualified admissions coordinators. Personally, I need someone to help me, not to give me a hard time.

**Reputable, based on a seemingly independent online degree review magazine I browsed at Barnes and Noble. UMUC was an not advertiser, but one article cited them as a good example. It's interesting that they never mentioned CTU or UP at all, inspite of them having full-page ads. UMUC also seems reputable based on web articles (there's a lot available). My application with them is in progress. It will take them about seven days to get back to me.

***Well accepted academically in my area, but admissions personnel are not as eager to help. I spoke to someone in admission and the fellow couldn't wait to hang up on me. I had to email their director to get my point across. He then refered me to a manager... shades of red tape here. Their people seem to have that 'disgruntled government employee' persona in them. I wish their admissions people were as friendly and accommodating as CTU's. I'd apply to enroll in a heartbeat.

[johann]

Hi

Here are some reasonably-priced on-line schools I've read good things about.
It may help someone in this thread - I hope so. I've indicated the type of accreditation, as this is likely a very important component in such a decision.

NATIONALLY ACCREDITED (DETC)

Andrew Jackson University http://www.aju.edu
Columbia Southern University http://www.colsouth.edu

This school has a thread elswhere in the forum - has an excellent rep.

Aspen University http://www.aspenu.edu

For business students, Aspen has a Bachelor's Degree completion program - believe it requires 60 credits going in. Bachelor's seemed very reasonable cost. Another posting says their MBA is extremely expensive, though. Undergrads, at least, should maybe check it out.

REGIONALLY ACCREDITED

Peru State College (Nebraska) http://www.peru.edu

Very low fees for Nebr. Residents - bit more for others?

Louisiana State U. http://www.lsu.edu

Someone in this forum made negative comments about this school, apparently because he feels resentment against Louisiana, Ray Nagin and the late Huey Long -all singled out in his comments.

Whatever. I still think LSU has a good reputation and it definitely has the lowest on-line fees for a Regionally Accredited school I could find - around $229 for a 3-credit course, last time I looked.

Cheers :-)

Johann

[jacobmetro]

Try www.wgu.edu. It is regionally and nationally accred (NWCCU and DETC). I attended. I learned lots.

You will need the equiv of an AS/AA degree to waive lower-division requirements.