Online Education

Learn how "Online Education" programs can provide the flexibility you need to get your degree.

Online education, a service not available 10 years ago, has made getting your degree easier. Unlike traditional classroom courses, online courses allow you the ability to take college classes when there are no traditional universities in your area, your operational tempo doesn’t allow you to attend classes regularly, or if you are deployed at sea or overseas, where classrooms simply do not exist. In addition, since online classes are not subject to classroom and professor scheduling, they can be offered year round and in many cases enrollment is every 5-8 weeks, which will allow you to take more courses over a given period than you would if you were attending a traditional university.

Online courses are offered through a number of venues. There are dedicated online institutions, such as Grantham University, Capella University, and Kaplan University which are exclusively online institutions, which allow you to enroll from anywhere that you have access to the internet. In addition, online courses can be available through traditional universities, such as Penn State, which will allow you the flexibility of taking traditional courses when you can, and on line courses when you are deployed. Finally, On-line courses are available through military sponsored educational services. DANTES, the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Educational Support, offers not only online courses, but online credit by examination opportunities.

Finally, lest you think that online courses are only good for general education requirements only, understand that many traditional universities offer upper division as well as post-graduate courses, and dedicated online universities offer complete undergrad and graduate degree programs in a wide variety of subjects.

So take a look at on line schooling. It’s faster than traditional schooling, it’s cheaper, and it’s available year round. Get free, no obligation, course and enrollment information from a military-friendly school by visiting our "School Finder" today.

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