What are the Best Online Degree Programs for Someone in the Military?

While serving in the military it is a good idea to take advantage of the educational opportunities that are available to you. This is true whether you plan to make a career out of the military or if you plan to move onto other things. One of the best things that you can do while you are serving is to complete your degree, there are lots of military friendly online degree programs that can help with this. The following are probably the best options.

American Military University

Despite the name the American Military University is not affiliated with the military. Nevertheless they are set up to help military personnel to get a degree. They offer very flexible course schedules to make it easier to fit your classes around deployments. They also offer a wide range of degree programs that are particularly relevant to someone making a career out of the military. One other benefit is that they offer some of the least expensive courses that you will find anywhere.

The Big 3

The Big 3 are group of schools that are known as assessment colleges. This means that they don’t actually offer courses, what they do is allow you to earn a degree by taking courses at other schools. This means that as you move around during your career you can take courses locally and transfer them into your degree program. They will also allow you to earn credit with exams like the CLEP or Dantes. They also tend to be pretty good about granting credit for military training. The Big 3 Colleges are Charter Oak State College, Excelsior College and Thomas Edison State College.

Schools that have a Partnership with the Military

One last place that  you will want to look if you are doing a degree while in the military is with the schools that partner with the military to allow personnel to earn a degree through a combination of their military training and online classes. A good example of this is the partnership the University of Arizona has with the Air Force to allow weather technicians to complete a Bachelor’s degree in weatherforecasting. There are lots of similar opportunities depending on your MOS, you will need to take a look at what is available.