It is a very common misconception these days with the online degree.

Technically it is not even called an online degree, it is called "distance learning" and it is particularly convenient for those like me currently sitting overseas who are unable to continue their education in a traditional way.

Times are changing and so are the ways that people are doing things these days. I have around 28 credits of "traditional education" and I gave that up because with a full time career and a wife I just do not have time to waste taking two classes per week on a set schedule for 3 hours per night. I am now able to take 4 classes per semester because I can turn in my assignments at 2am or on a Sunday or a Tuesday, it just doesn’t matter. The assignments I have to complete are the same, just submitted electronically instead of in person in hard copy form.

As it was said earlier, your degree does not say Bachelors of Science from an Online institution in Aeronautics etc..and your transcripts will not say *note: these classes were completed online and not in a traditional classroom setting. Most major colleges which you have all heard of and have friends that attended traditionally also offer degrees through distance learning.

I assure you that If I have a degree which I earned from UVSC that I earned 100 percent through distance learning and someone else in the same interview has the same degree which took him 4 years of actual in classroom face time that he will have no educational advantage over me. As a matter of fact, they would never be able to tell which degree was earned in which manner. The same goes to a person who completes a degree in 2 years of backbreaking work over someone who takes 8 years to complete the same degree. The person who accomplished his goal in 2 years is no further ahead in an interview room than the person who took 8.

Just my thoughts because it gets old listening to this debate....work smarter not harder.

Or...if it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid!