Colorado Technical University

Do any of the state colleges or universities offer online tech degrees?

I live in the middle of nowhere so attending courses at a local state college or university wouldn't be a good option. I'm looking to get a BS or BA in IT. I've looked into University of Phoenix as well as Colorado Technical University but I'm not convinced the for-profit schools are a good option...

Public Comments

1. you can do an online program through most schools these days. but they will all cost you money. and an IT degree online just won't have the same reputability as going to an actual school, no matter what school you get it through.
2. That's good that your looking into other schools that best meets your needs; do what I did look into which colleges are most highly accredited. Because I attended a local college where the credits are only transferable at the discretion of the recieving school. I lucked out, what happen was my credits weren't transferable to Colorado Tech because they weren't regionally accredited, it was at the discretion of the dean to transfer my credits from my l previous school directly to Colorado Tech. The good for profit schools can sometimes benefit you the most because they concentrate only on the fundamentals rather than taking an excessive amount of classes that won't benefit you in the long run. Take a state school for example, they offer a wide range of classes that probably won't benefit you like earth science, traditional english, Algebra, now look at the private sector they offer business english, business science, business math. Look into the school that will benefit you the most based on your needs, one that is suitable so that you may transfer them to another school.
3. Your right for-profit schools are not a good option because they don't have much reputation to employers. I would recommend finding a 2-year junior/community college in your area to work on the first 2 years of your education and some of these courses will be avaliable online. You can have it where you go to school for 2 days a week and have the rest of the courses done online. Be warned though that doing your degree just online is more difficult especially when you need help and you have more of a chance not completing your degree just because you have to be self-motivated. Once you choose the right courses you can transfer to a 4 year state college in which some courses will most likely be taught online. Also, many state colleges don't have degrees in IT instead they have computer science, cis, mis, or computer engineering which are more academic subjects. I would consider mis or cis because those require little math. For the most part online degrees don't exist entirely online you would most likely have to come to school for examinations. Good luck.
4. Online IT degrees don't get any respect. There are a couple of online Computer Engineering Technology degrees that do get some respect, but not as much as on-campus degrees. Consider: DeVry University (TAC/ABET-accredited) Grantham University (not TAC/ABET accredited, but decent)
5. Ridgewater College has an on-line Course now - I actually attended the college It is a Good College! I would reccomend the school.- https://www.ridgewater.edu/programs/Pages/Home.aspx