Received my bachelor's through the program. Doing job interviews afterwards and nobody knew it was strictly online and I treated it like I went there.

Typically, as long as the school is regionally accredited the degree is not looked down upon. ASU as well as ASU Online are both regionally accredited schools.

So I’m loving ASU online, I’ve actually really flourished with it. Feel free to message me with any questions but here’s a breakdown. I’m beginning my third year of my bachelors in biology and I’m pre med, so there’s some heavy classes in there, and a stem major. It’s definitely not easy, but you learn how you learn.
- there are A, B, and C sessions for each semester. A and B sessions are 7 weeks long each, C is a full semester length. Majority of classes are A and B, but that means full time is 2 or more classes at once. I love this because I can truly focus and learn the topic at hand.
- Starbucks pays (I forget the exact number, but I think $5,600 of your tuition per year TAX FREE. They still pay the tuition after that, it’s just taxed. Still way cheaper than paying full tuition, but don’t be surprised if you see a smaller pay check sometimes if you’re going full time. You’ll still pay for books and some fees too
- it is definitely not self paced. I still have assignments and exams due every week. Imagine a normal length course jammed into 7 weeks, there’s a reason 2 classes at a time is full time. Stay on top of assignments, do all your work, and study. You’ve got this
- your degree will say ASU, not ASU online. Nobody is really going to know unless you tell them or they dig tbh, but it’s still an accredited program.
- having transitioned into the pandemic in a junior college where the professors had no idea what they were doing to going to ASU online, let me say these professors have got this program down. This program was fully online years before the pandemic and these classes are integrated to being online so well. There’s a lot of resources too.

At the end of the day, why not? You only have to work 20 hours a week, and if you end up quitting you can still stay in the program, you just won’t have the SCAP scholarship. Achieve your dreams!

It’s also not going to show “Online” or “Self Paced” on your degree. It will say ___ degree from Arizona State University. It holds the same weight, you’re doing all of the responsibilities of college, just asynchronously

Pro tip from a former professional:
As long as the school is accredited by one of the 6 regional accreditation agencies (NWCCU, WSCUC+ACCJC, SACSOC, MSCHE, NHCHE, or HLC), then you are fine (ASU is accredited by HLC, the Higher Learning Commission). They are all regional so it will only be by one of those.

Also, FYI: Future employers don’t care what school you went to. Having a prestigious school title is mainly a marketing ploy to get you to pay too much for pretty average courses.
If your future career entails certification, then your employer solely cares about the certificate and couldn’t care less about the school. If you figure employer wants skill, they are going to care more about the competency questions in the interviews.

After Covid, I doubt there is much bias over online degrees.

Typically, as long as the school is regionally accredited the degree is not looked down upon. ASU as well as ASU Online are both regionally accredited schools.

I looked into this, the degree says “Arizona State University” and has no mention of an online program or not. For all employers know you attended on campus

they aren’t really self paced, most of the online classes are actually accelerated and you spend half the time of a normal semester in a class

my asu classes are not self paced

If you’re not going to one of those “colleges” they show advertisements for on tv that are not actually four year universities, it doesn’t matter if you take classes online. It is the same thing.