College: Campus or Online?

Convenience & Lifestyle

Online schools offer a great opportunity to work around a busy schedule and to help maintain your current lifestyle. Conversely, part of the allure of campus schools is living the college lifestyle, having one-on-one social interaction with students and professor, and being on a set schedule.
Where you are in life and whether you want a change in lifestyle are two key considerations when you decide between campus and online schools.

Credentials

As you would look for a campus school with a good reputation, so is it important to verify your online university's standings in the education community. There's no hard and fast rule as to whether a campus school or college online is better, so look for the same thing in both--accreditation and licensing. Like any good student, it's important to do your homework.

Challenging Education

It's becoming a lot easier to find a program at an online university, and you don't have to worry that the class will be too crowded. Online schools offer degrees in business administration, counseling, education, graphic design, criminal justice, finance and more, so there's no shortage of subjects available. Campus schools offer similar programs, but in a different setting.

Program Lengths

In most campus programs it takes two years to earn a bachelor's degree if you already have an associate's degree (four years with only a high school diploma), and degree programs are structured around this time frame. At an online university, because you can work at your own pace it's possible to earn an online degree faster or slower--it all depends on you.
Although there are many factors to consider when choosing a school, finding all the relevant information will help you make the best decision.
Sources:
Wikipedia
Iseek.org
Lynsey Hemstreet is a cosmetics consultant by day, freelance writer and editor by night