May someone list some reputable TRADITIONAL Universities that offer an Associates Degree in Business online?
September 7th, 2010 | 
Author: Please list ONLY good schools and no for-profit schools.
Posted in Distance Learning | 
Tags: associates, Business, Degree, list, Offer, Online, reputable, some, someone, traditional, universities
An Associate’s degree in Business is about as useful as toilet paper. You need at least a Bachelor’s to have a chance at a decent job in that field.
Traditional four-year universities generally do not offer Associate degrees. Their terminal degree (undergrad) is the Bachelor degree. The Associate degree is the terminal degree of the two-year community college. If you want an Associates degree, you should consider (and search for) a two-year community college. On the other hand, you can earn a Certificate in Business Administration through traditional four-year university programs, generally through their “Extension” programs. “Certificates” are not academic degrees.
You won’t find many universities that offer an associates degree – most associates degrees are awarded by community colleges. “good” is relative and depends on who you ask.
* UMass – http://www.umassonline.net/ (bachelor’s and higher but has an associates in IT)
* Half the community colleges in Florida – http://www.distancelearn.org/degreeOptions.cfm
* Cerro Coso College (California) http://cconline.cerrocoso.edu/programs/ [known to be a great price deal]
* Metropolitan Community College – http://www.mccneb.edu/onlinedegrees/ [also known to be a great price deal]
* Adams State College – http://www.adams.edu/extended_studies/degrees/associates/associates.php [I just like the similarity to reference in Revenge of the Nerds]
* UC Berkeley Extension – http://extension.berkeley.edu/online/ [not an associates degree but looks really good on a resume and you WILL learn from them - or fail out trying.]
Honestly, in this day-and-age, everyone and his brother teaches online. Your local community college probably teaches online too. If they don’t, one in your state does. Business is the leading subject of online programs so your choices should be huge.
USNews has a pretty good portal for online education searches at http://www.usnews.com/sections/education/online-education/index.html — just be careful of all of the “as seen on TV” college ads.
And, while a bachelor’s degree is usually (but not always) better than an associates degree – an associates degree is better than no degree at all.
As You are interested in Associates Degree in Business wouldn’t stop you from going there but would like to tell you that by doing bachelors in the same filed you can have better job profile than the other one. By doing Bachelors in business you will be open to jobs like:-
> Assistant Controllers
> Accounting Analyst
> Budget Analysts
> General Accountants
> Internal Auditors
> Office Managers
> Chief Financial Officer
> Tax Manager
These are all reputed job profiles and would take you long way in your life. But you are the one to take decision so, best of luck think wisely. Opt for the best possible online school.