Are online accounting degrees from schools like WGU respected by employers?
Online competency-based schools like WGU offer a cheaper and faster bachelor's degree path, but students worry they miss out on the job pipelines, internships, and reputation of traditional universities. At the same time, working full-time makes attending a local campus difficult, leaving students unsure whether an unconventional degree will hurt their hiring prospects or career goals.
What people tried
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- 1looking into traditional local universities like RutgersDid this help you?
- 2searching for online or asynchronous degree options offered directly within one's home stateDid this help you?
- 3Attending a local university while trying to balance full-time work and online classesDid this help you?
- 4Considering fast-track, unconventional online competency-based schools like WGU to save time and moneyDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I wanted to know if Western Governors University is accredited in the state of New Jersey?”source ↗
“I’m looking to do the accounting-B.S and currently doing the intuit academy bookkeeper program (I’m a beginner).”source ↗
“I graduate from cc in the spring with 90 credits that transfer directly to a bachelors degree at my local university which has a pretty good rep although I’ve seen the option of online schools like WGU that are way cheaper and quicker could probably get a bachelors in like a year, but to me it just seems a bit weird and more unconventional not sure if my opportunity for jobs would be as good as a standard university so I don’t know if it’s worth it and worried I won’t get internship opportunities like a normal university offers.”source ↗
“Either way I’d be taking online classes bc I work fr. Bc of my goals of travel moving out parents house and being financially independent I need to make 30 an hour atleast in the next couple years and Idk if the wgu degree would be a great pathway for my goals.”source ↗
“Yea I’m just worried the online program at my local university is just McGraw hill simnet:( then that would be awful”source ↗
“That’s gonna be extremely difficult bc I work ft and can’t switch to part time rn So I don’t know if I’ll even get the real value of the university bc I’d take online classes anyway although I’m sure there’s still more help and pipeline stuff then wgu.”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
- 2Is it worth paying more for an out-of-state college?
- 18Industrial engineering or accounting?
- 6Should I use my savings or take a loan for college tuition?
- 3Is it worth paying double for an expensive master's degree?
- 2Should I get a new job or apply to grad school?
- 3Does college prestige actually matter for getting a job?