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Online College Degrees

Getting an online education college degree is
the wave of the future! The increase in2. Technology will advance. Technology is
adults going back to school has jumped fromcontinually improving and replacing older
28% in 1970 to 39% in 2006. In 2001, 92technologies. More options will gradually
million (46%) adults participated inbecome available to students as online
educational ventures. (Statistics may beeducation access speeds up - such as online
found at eLearners.com) But, the largestaccess to evaluations of their homework, etc.
group of online education participants is the
3. Costs will decrease. As more online
The wave of the future is an online collegeeducation programs evolve, competition will
education! There has been a steady increaseincrease, and costs to students will
in adults returning to school - from 28% indecrease.
1970  to  39%  in  2006
4. New degree programs will develop. New
(Statistics may be found at eLearners.com).degree programs, related to online education
Online education participants are the largestwill develop. Such programs might include:
group earning online degrees. Below is aonline student counseling, online education
summary of degree types, degree levels, andsite  debate/discussion  host,  etc.
majors, along with "10 Predictions for Online
Education  in  2007."5. More students will enroll in online
education programs. Each year the enrollment
Four Levels of Online Education Collegein programs continues to increase and will
Degrees:continue to do so. More than 1.6 million
students took at least one online course in
Associate  Degrees.2002. In 2003, 1.9 million students took
online courses. In 2004, more than 2.3
Bachelor's  Degrees.million students enrolled. In 2005, the
number of online learners increased to almost
Master's  Degrees.3.2 million students. (Source: Making the
Grade: Online Education in the United States,
Doctoral  Degrees.2006,  Sloan  Consortium)
Types of Online Education College Degrees6. Specialized programs will begin to
&  Majors:emerge. Special online programs for students
with learning disabilities will begin to
Arts & Humanities Degrees:emerge to encourage these students to attend
Liberal Arts, Humanities, Design, Writing,online  education  programs.
Communications,  English
7. Attitudes toward higher education will
Business & MBA Degrees:begin to change. The general public will
MBA, Management, Human Resources,soon see degree programs as accessible to the
Marketing,  Finance,  Accountingaverage person, rather than just the highly
intelligent.
Computers & I.T. Degrees: Information
Technology, Web Design, Networks, Technology8. The time to obtain a degree will shorten.
ManagementIt will take less time to obtain a degree as
students will be able to work year-round, at
Education & Teaching Degrees: K-12, Earlyany time of the day or night, transfer
Childhood, Administration, Special Education,courses from other programs, and earn course
Curriculum/Instructioncredit by challenge exams. Two years is
generally the minimum amount of time in which
Health & Nursing Degrees: Nursing,degree programs can be completed, although
Psychology, Counseling, Healththis varies, based on any time off between
Administration,  Human  Servicescourses and previous classroom work. Many
students complete a degree in two to three
Science & Engineering Degrees: Engineering,years, but it can take four or five years or
Technology,  Mathematics,  Aviationmore, depending on the pace. The more
credits transferred, the faster the degree
Social Science Degrees: Criminal Justice,will be completed. You can earn credits from
Paralegal, Law, Psychology, Publicprofessional training, the College Level
Administration,  Political  ScienceExamination Program (CLEP), or previous
college courses. (Source: "Frequently Asked
Some careers require only associate degreesQuestions")
(equivalent to the first two years of a
college education). These include: physical9. Most online colleges will begin to offer
therapist assistants, dental hygienists,course credit for life experience. More
forensic technicians, veterinarycredit will be given for life experiences,
technologists and technicians, diagnosticespecially  to  older  students.
medical sonographers, occupational therapist
assistants, cardiovascular technologists and10. New programs will begin that are
technicians, paralegals and legal assistants.hybrids. New programs will be developed that
Considering that only a two year degree iscombine traditional on-campus education with
required for these jobs, they are well-paidonline education or work/online study
and  respected.programs.
10 Predictions About Online Education in 2007Getting an online education college degree is
the wave of the future! Use the 10
1. Online education programs will continuepredictions about online education in this
to grow and expand. More programs will bearticle to begin your search for the online
offered online to earn online degrees andeducation college degree that is best for
those programs currently offered will grow toyou.
include  additional  areas  of  study.



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