"Big 3" degree value?

[burbuja0512]

I've never faced discrimination specifically for my degree from TESC but have heard, in conversations with hiring managers, that some bemoan on-line degrees in general. Of course, to my knowledge, these folks all had gone the B&M route. One thing I would recommend is, if you're going to go for a masters after a big 3 degree, make it from a B&M school that offers distance learning. The better known, the better. There are many that offer in-state tuition rates for on-line only students.

I've heard this too, which is a shame, considering how hard online learning can be. I have really only heard it said about UoP, which is a good school.. just has kind of a stigma. I don't think that any of the Big 3 are well known as distance learning schools. It can be said of COSC and TESC that they are just "small state colleges back east" and Excelsior is a small private school in NY. Either way, they're in the category of most colleges I'll see on a resume... nothing special, but fill in the check box.


On a post a while back, I used Colorado College as an example of one reason the big 3 is a good choice. Can't seem to locate my comments, but here's the point:

Colorado College - Best College - Education - US News Colorado College is ranked 26th on this particular list. Have you heard of it? I live an hour away from it and only heard of it because a friend went there. However, they're charging almost 40k a year! So, you could go there and if you're lucky enough to finish in four years, you would graduate from a relatively unknown, yet "ranked" college for 160k.

If you take a look at the list, many very expensive, and I'm sure top quality schools are crazy expensive, and their name won't help you get a job. So, IMHO unless you are in a well-known Ivy league, it's just not worth the money.