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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

What You MUST Look Out For Before Enrolling For An Online Degree

No doubts about it - online degrees have become very popular that most busy individuals that don't have the time and convenience for a traditional college or university study can now get the degrees they desire at their convenience.

The following statistics goes further to prove that online degrees are obviously becoming the "in thing" among most busy individuals, especially mums that have a family and a job yet want to get a university or college degree.

  • According to International Data Corp. online enrollments are growing by 33% a year, and hundreds of schools now offer online degrees.
  • Also, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics, 8% of the 16.5 million undergraduates in the 1999-2000 school year were enrolled in distance education programs. Of that group, 605 were using the Internet to do so.

These two statistics show the fact that online education is gradually becoming very necessary and workable solution for those who want to kill two birds with one stone. The temptation of receiving lectures completely over the Web with real-time virtual classrooms is so strong that almost everyone with less time on their hands are considering online degrees.