Your experience at California Coast University? Interested in $21k doctorate.

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I at one point had considered Calcoast for the EdD in Educational Psychology but when I researched further it seems they are a little behind on their distance education teaching strategies. I think you have to mail in your work and your quizzes. Plus, you have to go in-person for the dissertation defense. Those were put offs for me for a distance education program.

You have to go in person one time for a dissertation defense? Oh my whaaaaaaaat a burden….

I feel like this sub is ridiculously out of touch sometimes. 99% of PhDs are in person every day for 5-7 years but a one time trip is a bridge too far.

Well, this thread isn't really for this particular discussion, it's for CCU experiences/info sniffing, but I can confess that I am most interested in a remote experience, hence why I am looking into remote programs and ultimately, paying the price for it. Personally, one trip is a huge deal for me because I have a few physical and associated mental disabilities that require more than one care assistant. That takes hopping on a plane across the country into a big deal for me and sadly, an expensive one. I'm very lucky that I managed to get a fully remote job that allows me to work from home and I consider myself very lucky to be alive in a time where there are alternative programs available with remote work. Besides, these are not traditional doctorates in the sense that you'd be compensated for research, etc, so at the end of the day, a lot of them have a price tag for the credential and its convenience. One trip for most people would not be a huge deal and if they are able, I would encourage them to go in person and enjoy the experience of a defense proper. For me, I will be inquiring more and making a decision based on what is virtually possible.

You do what is best for you. Nobody is making the poster sit here and read these posts they are just being a troll. There are some weird people on this site. I have had some strange interactions with people here within the past week so I am thinking of limiting my time here. I had to respond though. No need to explain your situation. I have health problems too that make traveling impossible too. Plus I am far down in my career to just stop everything to do a campus-based program. I have work, volunteer expectations, and hopefully soon board member responsibilities. I just can't stop life for 5-7 years. I don't even want to be a professor. At this point no one even cares where or how I got my degree.

Pointing out the obvious doesn't make me a troll. Based on the OPs response I cant see how a doctorate would aid them in any form other than a wall hanger or coffee table conversation. If a private for-profit university that doesn't even have RA accreditation requires ONE in person visit, then the writing is on the wall right?

A doctoral degree is more than just regurgitating information. Even the EdD type degrees require some sort of research with in person poster presentations, consortiums etc. I would be extremely wary of spending any money at a 100% online doctoral program online unless you are just an arbitrary credential chaser.

At some point, you have to ask the "why" and if the ROI is there beyond just collecting papers. In the end it, likely won't impress anyone but yourself. If impressing yourself is something you are into, go for it. There are a TON of online masters degrees out there that are viable from amazing schools, so I am not sure why people stretch every which way to find a half-ass non PhD doctorate online.