The typical benefits that prospective college students hear about when it comes to online education programs are flexibility, convenience, and customability. The flexibility to go to class when you want, so that your education works around your schedule instead of the other way around; the convenience to go to class where you want, so that you may attend classes while traveling or deployed; and the customability to go to class how you want, with as little or as much time as you need put into readings, assignments, and exams.
But what about the benefits of online education after you graduate? An online education program is considered just as well off, if not more respected, than a campus-based education so long as it is from an accredited college or university. In addition to maintaining the repuability of educational quality, the online education comes with the five following additional benefits: