Thinking of enrolling in University of Phoenix On-line program. Need to know if it is a good place to be.?

2 Responses to Thinking of enrolling in University of Phoenix On-line program. Need to know if it is a good place to be.?

1. Ryan M

   June 3, 2011 at 8:28 pm

   I can’t speak to the actual educational differences since I went to “traditional” college, but I think it definitely has a negative stigma with employers, whether well founded or not. When you get right down to it, IMO, the difference comes down to the quality of the educators you are learning from. If you are excellent at working on your own and understanding material, I can’t imagine the actual material you would be studying would be much different.
2. eilonwy82971

   June 3, 2011 at 9:27 pm

   With UOP, it really depends on your field of study and total resume. I have never had a problem getting a job with any of my nursing degrees: Associates from a private college, Bachelor’s from a state university, and Master’s from an online university (UOP). But note that UOP and online came after I had earned two degrees the old fashioned way.

   Call the governing body for your profession in the state you will be working in. Talk to recruiters/employers before you register. Do they require you to attend a certain type of school? Does you school need to be accredited? By any specific bodies? Use this information when you are looking at any school, not just UOP.

   I enjoyed UOP more than the traditional school I got my AA and BS from. My masters program consisted of discussions, papers, and projects. For me, the benefit of being able to do school work on my own schedule outweighed the cons of the high cost.

   I was working as a nursing educator at a university hospital while attending UOP. My supervisors were supportive of me going to school and liked that I wasn’t taking off work to go to traditional classes. I was able to use many of my work projects for school projects also, killing two birds with one stone so to speak.

   Within two months of graduating I had two new job offers (one from a private college and one from the university hospital). I was even on a phone interview in less than an hour of commencement, I was still in my regalia even.

   I took the job teaching nursing at the private college. That same semester they hired another faculty member who was completing her Masters at UOP. I am now back at the university hospital, and another nurse is completing her Masters at UOP.