| Are you on the fence as to whether or not you | | | | one age group, 76 percent of college graduates |
| should get a degree? Perhaps you have already | | | | voted vs. 49 percent of high school graduates that |
| started and are thinking about finishing up that | | | | voted. |
| degree? In either case, here are the top three | | | | Those with a college education also tend to |
| reasons you should earn a degree. | | | | vonlunteer more. In 2006, 43 percent of surveyees |
| Earn a Degree Online To Advance Your Education | | | | with a minimum of a bachelors degree volunteered |
| You should earn a degree online to advance your | | | | whereas only 20 percent of surveyees with high |
| education. While it is well known that college | | | | school as the highest level of education volunteered. |
| graduates have a lower risk of unemployment, enjoy | | | | With an advanced education, you are better able to |
| better job quality, are more likely to be in high-level | | | | take care of yourself, thus allowing you to help |
| positions and have higher income, college graduates | | | | others and your society. When you earn a degree |
| also have much greater promotion prospects | | | | online, you will be better able to take part in making |
| because of their advanced level of education. So | | | | your community a better place to live. |
| whether you need to start with an associates or | | | | Earn a Degree Online While You Work |
| want to get that masters degree, these should be | | | | So the first two reasons were compelling enough to |
| excellent reasons to earn a degree online. | | | | earn a degree online, but there is one problem: you |
| Many jobs today already require a bachelors degree. | | | | can not just quit your job for two to four years. |
| According to the University Continuing Education | | | | That brings us to the third reason you should earn a |
| Association, 24 percent of jobs required a bachelors | | | | degree online...you can still keep your job! |
| degree. This percentage is expected to increase. As | | | | As degrees become more and more popular, online |
| cited on the University Continuing Education | | | | college courses becoming a fast growing segment of |
| Association website, between 2004 and 2014, 19 | | | | the nation's higher education curriculum. While working |
| million new jobs are expected to be added. Of the 19 | | | | full time and attending school may seem like a lot, |
| million new jobs, 36 percent will require at least a | | | | online college degree programs are quite flexible and |
| bachelors degree and 27 percent will require a | | | | allow you to learn at your own pace. You also have |
| minimum of some college education. In all, this | | | | the opportunity to apply what you have learned at |
| accumulates to 63 percent of all new jobs requiring a | | | | school in the workplace. You may also be viewed as |
| minimum of some college education. Earn a degree | | | | motivated and career-minded by your employers. |
| online and you can remain competitive in the | | | | Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electrics, was |
| workforce and enjoy greater job stability. | | | | asked about someone who earned a degree online |
| Earn a Degree To Do Good For Society | | | | (Business Week, January 14, 2008). He stated, |
| Earn a degree and you have better chances to | | | | "...they're hungry to break open new possibilities in |
| contribute to your community and society. A report | | | | their careers.... People working all day and studying |
| titled Education Pays: The Benefits of Higher | | | | online all night have the kind of 'grr' most companies |
| Education for Individuals and Society puts forward | | | | could use." |
| that college graduates contribute more to society | | | | Earn a Degree Online and Be More Successful |
| and make better decisions than those who don't | | | | While there are many reasons to earn a degree, both |
| graduate from college. A more education work force | | | | personal and professional, these are the top three |
| makes for a stronger democracy. In the 2004 | | | | reasons to earn a degree online. Earning a degree |
| presidential election, more college graduates voted | | | | online allows you to reach both your personal and |
| when compared to those who did not graduate from | | | | professional goals without making you pause your life |
| college as found in a report titled Education Pays. In | | | | to attend classes on campus. |