Try University of Phoenix Online or DeVry. I just recently graduated from UofP with in associates in Health Administration (they also have bachelor degree programs in health), but I transferred to DeVry and I am pursuing a bachelors in Technical Management with a concentration in Health Service Management (they also have other health care programs).

The only reason I transferred is because DeVry is more well known amongst employers and their program is a little more accelerated than UofP’s. Unfortunately health care degrees are limited online because anything a little more health care involved may require you to sit in an actual classroom.

Good example, I really want to be an RN and this is my long way of getting there until I can actually sit in a classroom environment. So check out those two sites and you may be able to find something that is not geared around health administration.

Research has shown that employers are 15% less likely to hire someone with a degree that’s entirely or mostly done online. The degree to which the online studies are devalued varies with occupation. There is, of course, NO way that any competent firm would hire a phlebotomist who studied entirely online–on the other hand, many IT professions may see it as a plus. Now, medical transcription is one of those subjects that can be learned properly online. But if I were you, I’d avoid the schools that are spamming you or the ones in the pop-up ads and the banner spots on Yahoo! (sorry, Yahoo!). Those are private, for-profit colleges and they’ll be MUCH more expensive, and many of them don’t even employ full-time faculty. Instead, look for online programs offered by public community colleges or universities in your state–they’ll be cheapest, and their courses will be administered by full-time professors. Best yet, their transcripts will not scream “online!” when an employer looks at them.

Excelsior College in Albany, NY has an AAS degree program in nursing leading to a RN. It is done through self-study, computerized testing, and weekend clinicals. It is mostly an LPN to RN program, but they allow other healthcare providers to enroll also. They used to allow surgical techs in but I’m not sure if that’s the case anymore. Their website is www.excelsior.edu