Online degrees are increasing in popularity, but there still seems to be a stigma around online education. Many students find that they have questions about the ease and/or quality of the program or even want to know a little about other students’ experiences first hand. In order to bring you some real-life examples, we’ve sought out a student who graduated from Kaplan University Online with a Master’s degree, and asked her to share her experience with us.

When students first consider getting an online degree, there are a lot of questions that can arise on numerous topics. Luckily, we’ve compiled a list of frequently asked questions to help answer some of your most common concerns regarding the online forum.

Online education degrees are becoming widely available in almost every subject and degree level. Online engineering degrees in particular are becoming very attractive to those looking to earn more. Engineering majors on average get the highest paying jobs after graduation. The average starting salary for a Mechanical Engineer is $58,648 and for a Chemical Engineering is $65,466, making Engineering one of the highest paying degrees in the US.

Online courses are becoming mandatory graduation requirements in some U.S. schools. In Memphis, TN they recently announced the district will require one online course starting with this year’s freshman.
Tennessee is not alone, online learning has become a requirement in Michigan, Indiana, New Mexico, Alabama and Florida, and K-12 virtual programs are being launch in regions in the 16 states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming–and two schools in California (serving southern and central areas of the state).

Universities around the world are looking for ways to give their students a more international outlook to prepare them for a future that will increasingly involve global problems and partnerships. But exchange programs are expensive and time-consuming to manage; fewer than 2 percent of Americans and Europeans enrolled in higher education participate in one.

The United States Department of Education has just reached the results of their 12-year study in which they were investigating how competitive an online degree was compared with a traditional degree in the marketplace. The results may surprise you. The verdict – get an online degree!

The study stated that online classes and examinations are somewhat more effective than traditional face-to-face degrees.

I find it comical that the number one argument people give for not wanting to take an online class is that you need to be self disciplined. Hello guys! What is wrong with that exactly? If anything online education teaches you a valuable life lesson early on that you can carry with you a lifetime.

Look, you need to be self disciplined to get to class at a ground university too, right? And you still need to put the work in to earn a good grade, right? I guess I just don’t understand the warped logic.

Recently in the world of higher education there has been a lot of buzz about the growth of online education strides that it has made over the last 10 years. Online education has made it possible for working professionals with extensive family responsibilities to work towards a degree. Through online education students can complete their course work when it is convenient and even take classes over school breaks.

My Dad used to say the more things change the more they really stay the same, and that’s certainly true of online education when you get right down to it.

People tend to think that online education and traditional learning are completely different from one another, but that is simply not true. Both modes of learning have quite a bit in common actually.

As online high schools spread, educators are ramping up efforts to counter the social isolation that some students experience. At the same time, sociologists and child psychologists are examining how online schooling might hinder, or help, the development of social skills.