At the Masters, and even more so at the PhD level, the reputation of your program within your field is vitally important to your ability to get a job in that field. It pays to go to the best reputed program that you can. And most of those online programs are not at all respected. Worse, he’s considering Capella? Oy. Honestly, that’s not going to help his career – in fact, it may hurt, as many employers refuse to look at resumes from schools like U Phoenix, Capella, Devry, ITT, Strayer, AIU, etc.

At least, if he must go online, he should consider doing an online degree from a school with a good rep for it’s offline programs.

That said, the IT industry is one of the few that do have some respect, by some employers, for some of the high level online programs. But Capella isn’t one of those programs. Instead, if he can’t attend a good school in person, he should consider the following online programs, which are at well respected universities:

– Carnegie Mellon

– Rensselaer Polytechnic

– Penn State

– U Maryland

– U Mass Amherst

– U Illinois Champaign-Urbana

– U Idaho

– U Nebraska

– Northeastern University

– Boston University

And still, he’d do better going to a program in person. Even from the list I gave, if he must go online, I’d probably only seriously recommend that he look at Carnegie Mellon, which offers one of the top programs in his field in the US. Maybe BU.

Hi,
A PhD, short for Doctor of Philosophy, may help you secure a position as a college or university professor, a researcher in a government or industrial laboratory, a consultant, or an independent practitioner. If you have the curiosity to explore a subject in depth and the tenacity to do so for many years, applying for a graduate PhD program may be an excellent step in reaching your full potential. By learning the steps necessary to complete your prerequisite education, apply to graduate schools, and complete the work, you’ll be well on your way.
On-line PhD programs is a relatively new phenomenon in education. Your probably see those ads from the likes of University of Phoenix all the time. While the industry of online education seems to be plagued by numerous problems, even very conservative academics cannot help but think that this is where the education industry is goings (or, at least, its substantial chunk).

The strength of online education is in its economics: it provides a very cost effective alternative for dumping loads of useless knowledge into students’ heads. With online arrangement, a school doesn’t have to spend money on facilities. Moreover, because of the inherent scalability of information products, an instructor is usually capable of teaching a few hundred students in one online “class”. A lot of money is saved by the instructor by not commuting to the school.
For online PHD help from you can get help online services.
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Do you think an online phD or doctorate is acceptable?
Do you think an online phD or doctorate is acceptable? I have a friend looking into Capella University for a phD in an IT Security field. I personally do not like online degrees exspecially from a for-profit institution. I am wondering if you teach or have earned a phD from such a…

Hi everybody,

I strongly advise you guys to check out all alternatives since online colleges are not bad per default. This means that yes, there are some pure “for profit” schools that will cost you a lot without any reputation. Then there are other ones that are affordable and reputable. You should go through many reviews and compare! 🙂
Here’s a site that has helped me in the past: http://onlinedegreefaqs.com/PhD/

Hope this helps, Lindsay 🙂

I know someone that has a PhD from a university, and she is working at the same level as everyone else. She is even working under a LMHC. She can’t teach social work classes because she does not have an MSW. I don’t see where her degree has helped her to achieve any better.

A Ph.D. from Capella University, or from any online for-profit “school” is about as meaningful as a diploma found in a cereal box. Schools of Capella’s ilk have become the bane of higher education – they accept everyone that applies, instructors are of extremely poor quality (there is no genuine directed “teaching”) – some have even bought bogus degrees from diploma mills, and bringing in the dollars is the bottom line. There is good reason for the destain of those who hold genuine doctorates have for “schools” like Capella University. I would strongly advise that your friend look for a real school – and avoid online ones; especially the for-profit ones like Capella.

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I am a high school teacher in Illinois and I can tell you that the superintendent of my school district (and many other superintendents in Illinois) do not accept any degrees from online universities. I think in the educational field, they are greatly frowned upon, at least in my area of Illinois.

Richard Parker and Roger Roberts asked the same question. You should see their answers side by side.

Hey Buddy,

It might help you in your situation
http://onlineuniversitiesfaqs.com

Best Regards