The popularity of online colleges is growing every day as more and more online programs are accredited and endorsed by established schools and more and more students realise that college online is an effective strategy to obtain a much-needed degree while still working to support themselves or remaining in their existing home if unable to travel.
The College Online Advantage
The reason more and more people are seeking advanced degrees is easily seen by the numbers:
- A study conducted by Georgetown University concluded that by 2018 50% of all jobs will require as a minimum a Bachelor's Degree instead of a simple High School Diploma.
- Individuals with Bachelor's Degrees earn an average of $12,758 more annually than workers without a Bachelor's Degree.
- The unemployment rate for workers who hold a Bachelor's Degree is typically 3-4% lower than those with only an Associate's Degree or High School Diploma.
Finding Online Colleges
One problem, until very recently, that plagued students seeking to experience college online was finding an appropriate college. While brick-and-mortar colleges and universities have endless resources both online and in print that evaluate their programs, resources, campus life, and culture, many online colleges are so new very little is known about them beyond their accreditation status and possibly their affiliation. In fact, an affiliation with an established university has largely been the decided factor for many students pursuing an online education.
Inevitably, new resources are beginning to appear to fill the information gap regarding online colleges. While many one-shot resources online exist that purport to rank and inform about online colleges, these articles are almost instantly dated and often do not offer any individual perspective or experience. Newly established sites like www.onlinebachelordegree.us seek to fill that gap by offering real feedback from actual students that is constantly vetted and updated.
This sort of 'crowd-sourced' ranking and rating system is sure to be popular and effective for the target market of students interested in attending college online in the first place. This demographic tends to be most comfortable with Internet-based services (rather obviously) and the concept of crowd-sourced ratings and recommendations is very attractive to them. These sites also feature very simple search tools that allow prospective students to see at a glance what's offered by an online school, their accreditation and affiliation status, and feedback from actual attendees concerning class materials, technical features, support and overall experience.
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