Generally, the Bachelor’s Degree is recognized worldwide as the first university degree you earn, and it is now possible to earn this four year bachelors degree online. Although students enrolled full-time can earn the degree in four years, many take up to six years to earn the required 120 to 128 credits. This can be very useful for those individuals earning an online bachelors degree that are already in the workforce; many bachelors programs online are available on a part time basis that can easily fit into a full work schedule.
In most colleges and universities, the course of study that leads to a bachelor’s degree consists of concentrated work in a major, such as psychology or business, and wide-ranging work in a variety of subjects, such as the liberal arts, to give students a broad foundation of knowledge. However, some bachelor’s degree programs focus on intensive study in a particular field without the broad liberal arts background. The most common four year bachelor’s degrees are the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and the Bachelor of Science (B.S.), although there are many other titles.
It used to be that if you were getting a bachelor’s degree online you were probably in your mid-thirties, working, and had a family. Now the age of the typical undergraduate online student is dropping because many people have to work full-time and can’t go to a traditional campus. According to the National Center for Education Statistics’ Education Statistics Quarterly, 2004, approximately 57 percent of undergraduates online bachelors degrees from 1999–2000 were 23 years old or younger.
