| getting an online degree isn't for everyone. There are | | | | masters degree solves this problem. In most |
| some significant drawbacks. Some people find it | | | | situations you can do your course work in the |
| difficult to study outside of the traditional university | | | | evenings or on weekends. You don't have to quit |
| environment. Some people are very dependent on | | | | your job in order to pursue your degree. This is very |
| the social aspects of the classroom experience and | | | | valuable because the cost of a Masters degree is |
| others simply do better if they have a live teacher to | | | | often more links to the opportunity cost of quitting |
| ask for help. | | | | work than the actual tuition. |
| Still, getting an online degree, particularly at the | | | | Another reason that many people have not been |
| Masters level, can be a very valuable way to increase | | | | able to go back to school is that their social life isn't |
| your education. Advanced study done over the | | | | something they can put on hold. Their kids are in |
| Internet solves many of the problems that prevent | | | | good schools, they may have family that depends on |
| people from pursuing their education in reaching their | | | | them, or they may live somewhere near a special |
| full potential. First of all the Internet allows you to | | | | person their developing relationship with. And online |
| take classes pretty much anywhere. This means you | | | | degrees solve this problem. It doesn't require you to |
| are restricted to the geographical location where you | | | | move. It also allows you to be flexible and keep your |
| live. This opens up a number of schools that you | | | | social commitments with minimal disruption. You will |
| wouldn't have access to otherwise. So someone in | | | | have to dedicate time to your studies, but you will |
| California can take classes from Columbia University in | | | | have flexibility. |
| New York. This geographical freedom solves one of | | | | Many people find that they can simply invest the |
| the big deterrence to pursuing an advanced degree. | | | | time they traditionally spent watching television and |
| Another stumbling block many people face when | | | | get a graduate degree with a few years worth of |
| looking at furthering their education, if the issue of | | | | work. It is time was wasted anyway, it can be a |
| quitting their jobs to go back to school. An online | | | | no-brainer to invest in your education. |