Frequently Asked Questions About Online Psychology Degrees

A psychology degree is the key that unlocks the door to a wide range of directly and indirectly related career paths. Prime examples include Public Relations, Marketing, Social Services, and even Academia. Having specialized knowledge and practical skills essential to analyze and predict human behavior accurately is an invaluable asset and essential capability in all these areas. Not to mention experience and skills gained applicable to designing consumer surveys, public opinion polls, product advertising, and other such metrics and marketing devices.
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Respect for online degrees is increasing among educators, a group that is likely more qualified to evaluate learning effectiveness than employers. The Sloan Consortium released its 2012 Survey of Online Learning, confirming developing trends in education. More than 75 percent of 2,800 academic leaders rank the results of online education as equivalent to or better than face-to-face learning environments, according to survey results.

The ease of attending an online class, the affordability, the quality of information obtained and the increasing respect for online degrees contributes to three key findings in the report:

• more than 6.5 million students enrolled in one or more online classes in the fall of 2011
• enrollment represented the participation of 570,000 more students than the previous year
• enrollment now includes 32 percent of students who take one or more courses online

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