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The Essential Guide to Online Bachelors Degrees

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A bach­e­lors degree is the first step in fur­ther­ing your edu­ca­tion, so plan­ning it out is extreme­ly impor­tant. How­ev­er, because this is the first expe­ri­ence with col­lege that many stu­dents have, know­ing where to start can be a lit­tle bit con­fus­ing. There are over 7,000 insti­tu­tions of high­er learn­ing across Amer­i­ca, which can make select­ing a school real­ly daunt­ing. Bach­e­lors Degree Cen­ter was cre­at­ed with the goal of clear­ing up that process and giv­ing aspir­ing stu­dents the most com­pre­hen­sive source of infor­ma­tion from select­ing a school, select­ing a pro­gram, doing their best right up through to grad­u­a­tion. Going to col­lege is the most pow­er­ful defin­i­tive step you can make towards secur­ing your future in the pro­fes­sion­al world, and get­ting a bach­e­lors degree is the first step in that process regard­less of whether you plan to stop there after grad­u­a­tion, or con­tin­ue to the next lev­el. If you have no col­lege expe­ri­ence at all, or have a few cred­its and are ready to get back in the game and get it done, this guide is your ulti­mate first step. Here, you can find the answers to some of the most com­mon ques­tions about bach­e­lors degrees, read impor­tant resources, and get a head start on pick­ing a school.

Your Common Questions, Answered

Mak­ing such a big life deci­sion is going to bring a lot of ques­tions to mind. We do our best to main­tain a com­pre­hen­sive list of those ques­tions and pro­vide you with the most in-depth answers that we can. You can find answers to the most com­mon ques­tions below, or you can explore our entire FAQ sec­tion for any addi­tion­al things you may want to know.

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If you have any addi­tion­al ques­tions, you can find the answer in our fre­quent­ly-updat­ed FAQ sec­tion, which has close too 100 ques­tions and answers. Addi­tion­al ques­tions you might specif­i­cal­ly be inter­est­ed are:

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Bachelors Degree Resources

There is a lot to con­sid­er when it comes to embark­ing on the first step of your high­er edu­ca­tion career, and while our FAQ is very com­pre­hen­sive, there is always more to learn. In light of that, we reg­u­lar­ly pro­duce addi­tion­al resources for peo­ple like you who are con­sid­er­ing get­ting start­ed or com­plet­ing their bach­e­lors degree. Here is a list of all of the addi­tion­al resources that we cur­rent­ly have available.

Bachelor’s Degrees: Overview of Degree Options

Bachelor’s degree is a uni­ver­sal term used to describe under­grad­u­ate stud­ies tak­en after high school at a col­lege or uni­ver­si­ty. In truth, there are about twen­ty dif­fer­ent types of bach­e­lors degree and this resource explains them so you can see what your options tru­ly are.

The Eco­nom­ics of a Bachelor’s Degree

With the cur­rent cost of high­er edu­ca­tion, it might be hard for you to see just how mak­ing such a large invest­ment this ear­ly on in your adult life can pay off. This info­graph­ic explores and explains it from every angle so you can be con­fi­dent in your decision.

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A Cost/Benefit Analy­sis of a Bachelor’s Degree

Still ask­ing your­self if it’s tru­ly worth it? This info­graph­ic breaks down the ben­e­fits of get­ting a bach­e­lors degree and puts them right up against the costs so you can see it very clear­ly. Did you know that indi­vid­u­als with a bach­e­lors degree earn close to $1,000,000 more in their lifetime?

Bach­e­lors or Bachelor’s

Learn­ing all of the ter­mi­nol­o­gy that comes along with high­er edu­ca­tion might seem a lit­tle com­pli­cat­ed when you’re first get­ting start­ed on your research, espe­cial­ly con­sid­er­ing that there are sev­er­al terms for this degree path used inter­change­ably. This quick guide clears things up for you.

How Many Years is a Bachelor’s Degree?

While most stu­dents enter­ing their pro­gram assume that it takes four years, that’s very gen­er­al and isn’t as cor­rect as you may think any­more. So, how long is it real­ly going to take? What does 120 cred­its real­ly mean? What about accel­er­at­ed degrees or degree com­ple­tion pro­grams? This cov­ers all of that and more.

Accel­er­at­ed Bachelor’s Degree Pro­grams: The Advan­tages and Disadvantages

Earn­ing your degree as fast as you can would let you enter your career quick­er and may even help you cut some costs; how­ev­er, there are some draw­backs to this option that it’s impor­tant to reflect on before div­ing in. This lays it all out for you in one place.

Sur­prise, Sur­prise! Hid­den Expens­es in Online College

Obtain­ing your degree online can help you save a good bit of mon­ey on tuition and fees most of the time, but trans­paren­cy is incred­i­bly impor­tant when it comes to research­ing dis­tance edu­ca­tion options and costs. Here are some things you need to know about financ­ing your online education.

Adjunc­tivi­tis: Why Your Image of a Col­lege Pro­fes­sor Is All Wrong

This info­graph­ic explains what adjunct fac­ul­ty means and what it means for high­er edu­ca­tion. Read­ing this might grant you a new per­spec­tive and some new­found respect for the teach­ers that serve you and oth­er stu­dents like you.

From a Dis­tance: Your Com­pre­hen­sive Guide to Online Bachelor’s Degree Programs

This is an addi­tion­al com­pre­hen­sive resource like this one that fea­tures a mas­sive list of schools that are unranked and exists sim­ply to show off all of the schools across the coun­try that offer online bach­e­lors pro­grams. This is a mas­sive list, but cer­tain­ly not exhaustive.

All of these resources and more can be found in our Fea­tures sec­tion.

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School Rankings

Col­lege rank­ings are put togeth­er to help stu­dents select what pro­gram or school is going to be the best fit for them. We cre­ate them on a reg­u­lar basis to keep prospec­tive stu­dents informed of their options and give them a con­cise look at the insti­tu­tions that might be offer­ing a pro­gram that works for them, insti­tu­tions that offer faster or more afford­able pro­grams, and more. Here is a list of all of the rank­ings that we cur­rent­ly have available.

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