Master list of B&M colleges offering online IT degrees

powerfool

That is my standpoint as well. I am not stopping working to pursue school. I don't want to shift to academia... I just want to do adjunct teaching, which I will be able to do with my MS when I complete it, if not sooner. I am actually thinking about going to my alma mater with a proposal to join the VMware IT Academy and teach it... or assist them in teaching their current Cisco Networking Academy courses.

UnixGuy

erpadmin wrote: »

I stand corrected.

Still though, I have time to pursue a doctorate (Ph.D or otherwise.) I just can't quit my job for time off to do "research." That stipend that the school gives you to live on isn't going to feed a family or pay your mortgage. In fact, from what folks have told me it's barely enough to feed yourself.

If one wasn't already working in the field, I'd say to heck with it do it. But for someone who's already in the field...I feel academia might be losing out to folks who would want to put in time for research, but just not full time. If that means it takes 5 years instead of 3....then so be it. Otherwise, I'd be content with just a masters. Since I'm already at a university, I should have no problem getting an adjunct gig. (emphasis on should)

I agree with all your points. Keep in mind that even after you dedicated those 6 yrs full time to get a PhD, you will start from the bottom again because it's a different career (i.e. your previous experience will not count), and you will have to spend years doing research and publish papers.


True, it won't feed a family properly for 6 yrs, and it's more suitable for freshers, I agree. I think the only point of a professional doctorate is to continue education, which can be done without a professional doctorate, so it's kind of pointless. I'd rather get a technical masters then an MBA if I really have the time and money or start a business rather than spending money on more degrees. You can do adjunct with Masters (sometimes even without Masters).

UnixGuy

powerfool wrote: »

That is my standpoint as well. I am not stopping working to pursue school. I don't want to shift to academia... I just want to do adjunct teaching, which I will be able to do with my MS when I complete it, if not sooner. I am actually thinking about going to my alma mater with a proposal to join the VMware IT Academy and teach it... or assist them in teaching their current Cisco Networking Academy courses.

That's a good plan you got there, and I think you do not need a PhD for that, unless you want to change your career. Adjunct is a good idea, and you have a very reputable masters (UMUC). As for professional training, I'm a certified SUN instructor and I occasionally train companies through my employer on Solaris administration, you don't need masters to do that at all, you have enough experience to teach Cisco networking and VMWare courses.

typfromdaco

Hello all,

I have been looking into different Master's degree and I am really interested in this degree offered by University of Maryland University College. I am currently in the Army as a 25N and am decent at setting up Cisco switches and Routers and would love to learn more. The problem with IT as an enlisted soldier is that the equipment is set up by other people and we expected to just turn everything on and communications work. I have applied to WGU in the Network Administration program but really have no experience with a server besides using Cisco Callmanager. Looking at this masters program, what does everyone think about it, would you consider it pretty network intensive and beneficial?

Information Technology: Telecommunications Management - Master of Science - Graduate School - UMUC

certhelp

whatthehell wrote: »

1. Course Information Suite, Course Catalog, Class Schedule, Programs of Study, General Education Requirements, GenEd

The above is supposed to be a Tier 1 school I believe, and one of the best online programs (also pretty difficult to get into).

Apparently.

UnixGuy

certhelp wrote: »

Apparently.

old link, they changed it now: http://courses.illinois.edu

erpadmin

certhelp wrote: »

Apparently.

Hopefully, you're not one to give up that easily...

nycid

qwertyiop wrote: »

I would add Davenport's MSIA program to the list.
The program can be completed completely in class or online and it is program has been certified as a CAE by the NSA.

Information Assurance, MS | Davenport University

So someone like myself who has no B&M schooling (ECPI Grad) can earn there BS completely online? This looks interesting especially if I can then transfer and get my Masters from one of the more well known schools in NC....

whatthehell

Auburn Grad Program link is dead:

Here is what I believe to be the correct new one:

College of Business | Master of Science in Information Systems/MBA

Blade3D

Here is another. I got my bachelor degree in computer science emphasis information assurance from here this past fall. I have not found a job yet and was considering a masters degree.

Sam Houston State University
MS- Information Assurance and Security
36 Hours

Information Assurance and Security - Graduate Studies - Sam Houston State University

just_in_time

I received my Bachelors in Information Systems Management online at Hodges University and will start my Masters in Information Systems Management next month. Very good school, all online.

HLRS

Thanks a lot

ratchoke

Does anyone know a online path that I can take to completed the MS-Networking & Systems Administration at RIT?

My original plan was to go to WGU, but I want a school with more name recognition. And RIT is definitely one of those schools, and would be willing to spend the time/money if it was fully online in achieving that.

In RIT's admissions it states that All applicants to RIT's graduate programs must hold—or currently be completing—a four year baccalaureate degree, or the U.S. equivalent, granted by an accredited college or university. Decisions on graduate selection are made by the college offering the program. Does anyone know if any of those BS schools listed would be transferable into RIT? Does it have to be the same accreditation? Because I currently go to school in the west coast at a community college.

erpadmin

ratchoke wrote: »

My original plan was to go to WGU, but I want a school with more name recognition. And RIT is definitely one of those schools, and would be willing to spend the time/money if it was fully online in achieving that.

I attend NJIT, and I did not have an issue with acceptance. I got two As in the two grad-level courses I attended last semester. RIT is more well known than NJIT, but I would imagine if I wanted to attend RIT, I'd be able to do so. Keep in mind though, that I'm gunning for an MBA...I did want a MS in IS, but I would have needed Calculus. Even if you did consider WGU to do your BS (and it would count, but more on that later), you might need a Calc 1 class for RIT.

ratchoke wrote: »

In RIT's admissions it states that All applicants to RIT's graduate programs must hold—or currently be completing—a four year baccalaureate degree, or the U.S. equivalent, granted by an accredited college or university. Decisions on graduate selection are made by the college offering the program. Does anyone know if any of those BS schools listed would be transferable into RIT? Does it have to be the same accreditation? Because I currently go to school in the west coast at a community college.

When you see "accredited" you need to read it as "regionally accredited." As long as your school is "regionally accredited" then you should be fine. WGU is regionally accredited. However, the value in their regionally accreditation comes from their degree. If you attend WGU and want to transfer out, it becomes problematic. However, the degree will count toward a MS program anywhere. However, you need to see if your intended program wants you to have calc in your background. If you don't have calc, you're going to need to get it. Otherwise, they make you take undergrad calc at graduate-level prices (Not cute...not cheap.)

ratchoke

erpadmin wrote: »

I attend NJIT, and I did not have an issue with acceptance. I got two As in the two grad-level courses I attended last semester. RIT is more well known than NJIT, but I would imagine if I wanted to attend RIT, I'd be able to do so. Keep in mind though, that I'm gunning for an MBA...I did want a MS in IS, but I would have needed Calculus. Even if you did consider WGU to do your BS (and it would count, but more on that later), you might need a Calc 1 class for RIT.



When you see "accredited" you need to read it as "regionally accredited." As long as your school is "regionally accredited" then you should be fine. WGU is regionally accredited. However, the value in their regionally accreditation comes from their degree. If you attend WGU and want to transfer out, it becomes problematic. However, the degree will count toward a MS program anywhere. However, you need to see if your intended program wants you to have calc in your background. If you don't have calc, you're going to need to get it. Otherwise, they make you take undergrad calc at graduate-level prices (Not cute...not cheap.)

I am goign to take a Pre-Calc, Calc, and Linear Algebra at a community college hopefully that will work? I'm also now leaning more towards Bellevue for the B.S. in Information Technology (Regionally Accredited). WGU is DETC/Regionally accredited, but the person I spoke to, a person live chat via website from RIT, stated that DETC will be rejected. So kind of up in the air about having a degree that is both.

And thank you for your reply and input.

hiddenknight821

Never mind.

erpadmin

ratchoke wrote: »

I am goign to take a Pre-Calc, Calc, and Linear Algebra at a community college hopefully that will work? I'm also now leaning more towards Bellevue for the B.S. in Information Technology (Regionally Accredited). WGU is DETC/Regionally accredited, but the person I spoke to, a person live chat via website from RIT, stated that DETC will be rejected. So kind of up in the air about having a degree that is both.

And thank you for your reply and input.

WGU is both DETC and regionally accredited. The live chat person you spoke to was talking about institutions that were ONLY DETC accredited. Most places will ignore you if you have a school that is DETC accredited, but in WGU's case, it has both.

Please read below. This was copied from my unofficial transcript (which I had to send to PMI as part of my PMP audit process...(which I was cleared btw...) As I said, the DETC accreditation would only be a concern if WGU only had that as it's accreditation. If that were the case, you and I would not be having this conversation, as I would never have attended WGU had WGU not been regionally accredited.

Accreditation
Western Governors University (Online University | Online Degree Programs, Accredited Bachelor's and Master's) is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and is
nationally accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). The WGU Teachers College is accredited by the National
Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). WGU nursing degree programs are accredited by the Commission for Collegiate
Nursing Education (CCNE). The Health Informatics program is accredited by the Commission of Accreditation for Health Informatics and
Information Management Education (CAHIIM).

As for your math, yeah, the PreCalc and Linear Algebra will help....but the Calc I will be what is important for a school like RIT.

Listen, for what it's worth, I had doubts about WGU myself. But in the ~9 months that I've been a WGU alumnus, I was able to apply to a graduate certificate program at NJIT, gone on a couple of interviews, and as of today been cleared of a PMI audit that allows me to take the PMP exam. (You need a Bachelor's and 4500 experience hours in projects to be allowed to take the exam. I sent PMI my transcripts, and they gave me the go ahead to schedule the exam.)

The school counts...take that for what it's worth. If you have any other concerns about the degree, go to the WGU Q&A thread and post your questions, concerns. You will find many WGU alumni and students on this board that will help allay them.

Speaking personally...I never cared where I got my BS from. I only cared that my MS or MBA would be from a place (like NJIT) that would matter to employers. Sounds like for you, that's RIT.

ratchoke

erpadmin wrote: »

WGU is both DETC and regionally accredited. The live chat person you spoke to was talking about institutions that were ONLY DETC accredited. Most places will ignore you if you have a school that is DETC accredited, but in WGU's case, it has both.

Please read below. This was copied from my unofficial transcript (which I had to send to PMI as part of my PMP audit process...(which I was cleared btw...) As I said, the DETC accreditation would only be a concern if WGU only had that as it's accreditation. If that were the case, you and I would not be having this conversation, as I would never have attended WGU had WGU not been regionally accredited.



As for your math, yeah, the PreCalc and Linear Algebra will help....but the Calc I will be what is important for a school like RIT.

Listen, for what it's worth, I had doubts about WGU myself. But in the ~9 months that I've been a WGU alumnus, I was able to apply to a graduate certificate program at NJIT, gone on a couple of interviews, and as of today been cleared of a PMI audit that allows me to take the PMP exam. (You need a Bachelor's and 4500 experience hours in projects to be allowed to take the exam. I sent PMI my transcripts, and they gave me the go ahead to schedule the exam.)

The school counts...take that for what it's worth. If you have any other concerns about the degree, go to the WGU Q&A thread and post your questions, concerns. You will find many WGU alumni and students on this board that will help allay them.

Speaking personally...I never cared where I got my BS from. I only cared that my MS or MBA would be from a place (like NJIT) that would matter to employers. Sounds like for you, that's RIT.

Thank You, will definitely look into it more closely. I just am really excited and anxious at the same time to finally start my B.S. and eventually onto an M.S. But since I need to work full-time to help support family -- unless I magically win the lotto some time soon -- I am stuck with the online route. Otherwise I'd just be at CSUMB!

Your info is definitely appreciated!

ratchoke

erpadmin wrote: »

WGU is both DETC and regionally accredited. The live chat person you spoke to was talking about institutions that were ONLY DETC accredited. Most places will ignore you if you have a school that is DETC accredited, but in WGU's case, it has both.

Please read below. This was copied from my unofficial transcript (which I had to send to PMI as part of my PMP audit process...(which I was cleared btw...) As I said, the DETC accreditation would only be a concern if WGU only had that as it's accreditation. If that were the case, you and I would not be having this conversation, as I would never have attended WGU had WGU not been regionally accredited.



As for your math, yeah, the PreCalc and Linear Algebra will help....but the Calc I will be what is important for a school like RIT.

Listen, for what it's worth, I had doubts about WGU myself. But in the ~9 months that I've been a WGU alumnus, I was able to apply to a graduate certificate program at NJIT, gone on a couple of interviews, and as of today been cleared of a PMI audit that allows me to take the PMP exam. (You need a Bachelor's and 4500 experience hours in projects to be allowed to take the exam. I sent PMI my transcripts, and they gave me the go ahead to schedule the exam.)

The school counts...take that for what it's worth. If you have any other concerns about the degree, go to the WGU Q&A thread and post your questions, concerns. You will find many WGU alumni and students on this board that will help allay them.

Speaking personally...I never cared where I got my BS from. I only cared that my MS or MBA would be from a place (like NJIT) that would matter to employers. Sounds like for you, that's RIT.

How is the NJIT program so far? Do you like it?

erpadmin

So far so good.

http://www.techexams.net/forums/jobs-degrees/73386-erpadmins-grad-school-journey.html

k.o.r.

Though I finally decided upon WGU, I strongly considered attending Fort Hays State.

• Information Networking & Telecommunications - Computer Networking and Telecommunications
• Information Networking & Telecommunications - Web Development

Tuition for Fall 2012 - Summer 2013


Undergraduate:
$178.30 per credit hour


Graduate:
$241.35 per credit hour


MBA:
$400.00 per credit hour

dmoore44

Just thought I'd add a few more to the list:

Johns Hopkins University
MS: Information Assurance
Information Assurance | Johns Hopkins University Engineering for Professionals

The admissions requirements are kind of steep (need 2 semesters of Calc...)

Columbia University
MS: Systems Engineering
http://www.cvn.columbia.edu/systems_MS.php
Requires GRE

Brandeis University
MS: Information Security
Master of Science in Information Security | Rabb Graduate Professional Studies | Brandeis University
Doesn't require GRE

UnixGuy

dmoore44 wrote: »

Just thought I'd add a few more to the list:

+1 reputation

excellent find! I didn't find those back when I was searching

dmoore44

UnixGuy wrote: »

+1 reputation

excellent find! I didn't find those back when I was searching

Thanks! I'm currently searching for a good MS program, so I thought i'd save everyone some time and contribute here...

Anyway, one more (since I haven't seen it in this list):

Carnegie Mellon University
MS:IT - Technology Management or Information Assurance
MSIT Distance Track
Requires GRE or GMAT

UnixGuy

dmoore44 wrote: »

Thanks! I'm currently searching for a good MS program, so I thought i'd save everyone some time and contribute here...

Anyway, one more (since I haven't seen it in this list):

Carnegie Mellon University
MS:IT - Technology Management or Information Assurance
MSIT Distance Track
Requires GRE or GMAT

yeah I went through this process this year. In my opinion, CMU is the best program out there but it's very expensive

dmoore44

UnixGuy wrote: »

yeah I went through this process this year. In my opinion, CMU is the best program out there but it's very expensive

I whole heartedly agree - I can't think of another online program that rivals CMUs academic rigor and stature. It's the program I'm shooting for... I just hope I'm an impressive enough applicant to get accepted. If so, I've got the GI Bill to help take care of the costs.

UnixGuy

dmoore44 wrote: »

I whole heartedly agree - I can't think of another online program that rivals CMUs academic rigor and stature. It's the program I'm shooting for... I just hope I'm an impressive enough applicant to get accepted. If so, I've got the GI Bill to help take care of the costs.

I think admission (specially for distance learning programs) isn't very tough. Go for it if you have GI bill!

dmoore44

Time to add another...

Stanford
MS: Computer Science (with concentrations in many CS related disciplines)
http://scpd.stanford.edu/public/category/courseCategoryCertificateProfile.do?method=load&certificateId=1240861#searchResults
Requires GRE

dmoore44

Northwestern
MS: Information Systems (with several concentration options)
https://www.scs.northwestern.edu/program-areas/graduate/information-systems/
Doesn't require GRE

Or, for those that want the international flavor...
University of London
MSc: Information Security
http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/royal-holloway/information-security-msc-postgraduate-diploma
No listed program requirements (i.e. GRE)

dmoore44

George Washington University
Master of Professional Studies in Security and Safety Leadership; Strategic Cybersecurity Enforcement
Focus in Cybersecurity | College of Professional Studies | The George Washington University
No GRE requirement