College Degrees

Certificate programs are offered at career training schools, community colleges, career colleges, and online schools and allow students to learn specific career skills in order to obtain a job or specialize in their careers. Some students choose to obtain certification instead of obtaining a degree, while others take certificate programs to enhance the degrees they've completed.

 

Associates degrees are awarded to students who have completed 60 academic credits, usually through two years' worth of full-time study or longer if attending part-time. An associates degree can be earned at community colleges, career training schools, online schools, and some four-year colleges and universities. These degrees can be completed on campus or in online programs. An associates degree provides students with career training or helps prepare them to transfer to a four-year college or university.

 

 

Students can earn a bachelors degree by completing approximately 120 to 130 college credits, usually through four or five years of full-time study. Bachelors degrees are awarded by a variety of colleges and universities, including private universities, public universities, liberal arts colleges, career colleges, and online schools. These degrees can be completed through courses on a college campus or at an online school, or through a combination of classroom and online courses.

 

 

A masters degree is a graduate school program you can pursue after your bachelors degree. Masters degree classes allow you the opportunity to delve deeper into a specific field of study than you do before graduate school. Some careers require a masters degree, while others require the masters degree as part of a doctorate degree.