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Hi,
I want to do B.A through Online Please give me some information about the university who provide online education in Bachelor Degree.

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The thread really separates two concerns: finding a legitimate online B.A. and avoiding diploma mills. asked the original question. Several replies flagged those risks and trade‑offs: warned about buying credentials, and debated accreditation and program quality, while and noted employer perceptions and highlighted the need for flexibility. Below are concise, practical checks that address those points without repeating individual school recommendations.

Accreditation is the first and most reliable filter. In the U.S., prioritize institutions accredited by agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or by CHEA; regional accreditation typically gives better credit‑transfer and broader employer acceptance than many national accreditations. Confirm the online program is the same degree as the campus version (credits and learning outcomes), check faculty qualifications, and verify state authorization for distance delivery if the student will study from another state.

  • Ask the school for the accreditor’s exact name and verify it on federal/CHEA lists.
  • Request the course catalog and compare learning outcomes with an on‑campus counterpart.
  • Check faculty names/CVs and whether assessments are proctored or competency‑based.
  • Confirm transfer, residency, internship/practicum options, graduation and retention rates, and career services.
  • Red flags: “instant” degrees, guarantees of passing, unnamed/unknown accreditors, no faculty contact info, or cash‑only payment requests.

For working parents and career‑focused learners, prefer asynchronous courses, modular pacing, clear assessment artifacts (portfolios or capstones), and programs that document competencies employers can verify. A credential helps get interviews, but demonstrable skills and evidence of applied work determine long‑term success—echoing points from and . When accreditation or authorization cannot be independently confirmed, treat the offer as high risk.

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Member Avatar for Ancient Dragon

just google for them -- you can even buy degrees without taking one course :)

Member Avatar for hammerhead

^What :O? Is that not illegal? Are they even of any value?

Member Avatar for Ezzaral

Some might say they are worth just as much as most online degrees.

Member Avatar for jwenting

^What :O? Is that not illegal? Are they even of any value?

in many countries it is illegal. And in many others it is not itself illegal but using the "diplomas" handed out by them as proof of education is illegal.

Member Avatar for dante23x

Some might say they are worth just as much as most online degrees.

That is just a stupid thing to say. Certainly there are diploma mills out there, but I don't think there is anything wrong with an online degree as long is it comes from an accredited college.

Member Avatar for jwenting

most "online degrees" however come from no credible source.
And oh, just because something is "accredited" doesn't mean it's any good.
They could just be telling a little sweet lie about it, or have gotten it from some source that's less than strict about whom they grant their accredition to as long as the price is right.

In fact almost all diploma mills have some accredition or other.

Member Avatar for Ezzaral

That is just a stupid thing to say. Certainly there are diploma mills out there, but I don't think there is anything wrong with an online degree as long is it comes from an accredited college.

And you'll note that I did not state unequivocally all online degrees are useless. But the fact that you "don't think there is anything wrong" with an online degree is obviously grounded in well-researched reality and therefore proves it to be "stupid".

Though perceptions are slowly changing, are you really denying that many people, including employers, do not view an online degree in a lesser light than a brick-and-mortar institution degree? While my comment was made somewhat tongue-in-cheek, it's not exactly an uncommon perception that online degrees are somewhat suspect in their value.

I'm sure that will disappear overnight though, now that you have decided you think it's stupid.

Member Avatar for JobMatchNow

Does online education show a higher rate of success then learning done in the classroom?

Member Avatar for Salem

Online course = creative sob stories on online forums + google + copy/paste.

Sure, some of them may actually make a decent effort to produce a quality student who may actually know something for themselves at the end of it.

But others only care about counting the money, and giving high pass rates so it looks good in their advertising blurb. We "guarantee" a pass is a sure sign of the latter.

As I've said before, your "diploma" might help get you to the job interview, may even help get the job, but if you or the course provider are a sham, keeping said job will be a hell of a lot harder. After being booted out of a few jobs after a few months, your CV is going to be one sorry-assed disaster area and finding another job will be really hard.

Member Avatar for hammerhead

>> but I don't think there is anything wrong with an online degree as long is it comes from an accredited college.

People are not crazy to spend four years of their lives getting a degree. It is more than "getting a degree" or "an accredited college" or "even passing", its more about the learning experience. Just because you have a 'diploma' to hang on your wall dosn't mean that you know everything that a diploma holder should know.

There has to be a difference in the quality of students who go to a regular college for 3-4 years and those who buy their degree.

Member Avatar for jwenting

Does online education show a higher rate of success then learning done in the classroom?

Define "success".
If you mean "more people get a diploma", probably.
But that's mainly because the requirements of many "online colleges" are far lower in order to atract as many suckers as they can to spend a lot of money on what's basically nothing at all.
Sign up, take some nonsense "personality test" that has nothing to do with the subject your degree will say you studied for, pay a lot of money, and get a diploma stating you now hold a PhD in nuclear physics, another one in pshychology, and a third in software engineering, complete with fake lists of exam grades and a bogus yearbook.

Far easier than going to university for a decade to get the same degrees, doing a lot of hard study and research, working night and day to prepare for exams, etc. etc.

If however you define success as gaining actual knowledge, they usually suck.

Member Avatar for sloan31

There are definitely some good online programs out there, the problem is there are way more bad ones so you really have to research to find the hidden jems. To give you a start. Here are a few good ones that carry the same regional accreditation as their B&M counterparts.

Strayer University
Ellis College of NYIT
Drexel University Online

Member Avatar for rgviza

University of MD has an online school

umuc.edu. You can down online courses all you want but for some people it's the only option (because of work and kids)...

As far as what the degree means, I know people without them worth their weight in gold, and total douchebags that have a master's degree. The paper alone doesn't make the man or his skill, hard work and intelligence does ; )

You can buy a piece of paper, but you can't buy skills, common sense, or cognitive ability...

Member Avatar for Ken Sharpe

Online degrees are still generally looked down upon, but if you can find a program associated with a real university, you'll be fine. There are many programs like that, depending on what you'd like to study.

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