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Online Degree Program: What Kind of Online Education Opportunities Exist?

Introduction to Online Education

Guide to Online Education > Online Education Basics > Types of Online Education > Online Degree Program

On-line education has penetrated colleges and universities to such a degree that it can now rightly be called mainstream. Once a market dominated by for-profit institutions, more and more public and private, not-for-profitinstitutions of higher learning are increasing their presence.

• 63% of schools offering undergraduate face-to-face courses also offer undergraduate courses on-line (1).
• Among all schools offering face-to-face Master's degree programs, 44% also offer Master's programs on-line (1).
• Among all schools offering face-to-face Business degree programs, 43% also offer online Business programs (1).
• Even the Ivy League has ventured into online education; Harvard offers 100 courses on-line, two certificates which can be completed entirely on-line; and one master's degree that completed on-line after a residency period (2).

• (1) Sloan Consortium, "Growing by Degrees: Online Education in the United States, 2005."
• (2) Harvard Extension School.

Students can complete their education through a campus-based degree program or through a virtual university. The former relates to a brick and mortar school that also offers courses online. (Some truly virtual universities, such as Walden Unversity, Jones International University and Western Governors University, do not have a physical campus at all.)

Learners enrolled in an online degree program can enjoy many of the benefits of their campus counterparts. They can receive academic advising, financial aid, career center services, and have access to a wealth of resources through the college or university's library system. Many online degree programs have no residence requirement, so students do not have to relocate or travel to the university. Some institutions even offer virtual commencement exercises for those graduating from an online degree program.

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