There are a lot of things to consider
when you are choosing an online college, one of the most important is
to make sure that the credits that you earn can be transferred to a
traditional college. This is true even if you are not planning to
transfer, you never know what you may want to do down the road. More
importantly you have to be concerned about the quality of an online
college if other schools won't accept their credits.
In most cases you will find that the
credits you earn at an online college can be transferred to other
schools but you are going to want to make sure that you check before
you actually register with an online college. Your safest bet is to
register with a school that offers both online and traditional
classes as they usually have the same courses for both. Credits
earned online from as state university are the most reliable.
If you are considering a purely online
college this is where you are going to have to be really concerned
about whether or not your credits can be transferred. In most cases
if the school is regionally accredited you should have no problem.
Very few traditional colleges will accept transfer credit from a
school that is not regionally accredited so they are best avoided
altogether.
The best bet for making sure that the
courses you take can be transferred is to simply contact the school
you plan to transfer to and ask them if they will accept transfer
credit from the online college you are considering. If there is no
school that you are planning to transfer to contact your local state
university and ask them.
The last thing that you want is to
spend the time and money to earn credits that you can't transfer if
you need to. It is therefore important to make sure that you take the
time to do the necessary research before you start taking classes,
this will save you a lot of disappointment down the road.
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