So here I am, all excited that I'll finally be taking the ASTB when I get a call from my recruiter saying that there might be a problem with my degree and that he'd have to check with his education officer to see if I could still take it.
Basically, he told me that the Navy generally doesn't accept online degrees except for the University of Pheonix, which is quite perplexing to me because I actually picked my school based on which one had a better reputation and was more recognized.
A little bit of background: I originally attended a "regular" college (UC Riverside), but I left because of personal reason (school was too big, didn't like the city in general, class sizes, etc). I ended up finishing my degree at an online college. The school I attended was Western Governors University, which offers 4 year degrees, and is regionally and nationally accredited and supposedly has a fairly good reputation (for an online college anyways). I just don't really understand how the UoP would be accepted for OCS, but not WGU. WGU seems to have more recognition (it's regionally accredited in addition to being nationally accredited, I believe UoP is only nationally accredited) as far as I can tell. Does anyone have any insight on this matter?
I heard of people (enlisted, civilians, etc) becoming officers with online degrees before, so has something changed?
Sorry if this has already been answered/posted/posted in the wrong section. Please don't bite my head off.:icon_tong
Basically, he told me that the Navy generally doesn't accept online degrees except for the University of Pheonix, which is quite perplexing to me because I actually picked my school based on which one had a better reputation and was more recognized.
A little bit of background: I originally attended a "regular" college (UC Riverside), but I left because of personal reason (school was too big, didn't like the city in general, class sizes, etc). I ended up finishing my degree at an online college. The school I attended was Western Governors University, which offers 4 year degrees, and is regionally and nationally accredited and supposedly has a fairly good reputation (for an online college anyways). I just don't really understand how the UoP would be accepted for OCS, but not WGU. WGU seems to have more recognition (it's regionally accredited in addition to being nationally accredited, I believe UoP is only nationally accredited) as far as I can tell. Does anyone have any insight on this matter?
I heard of people (enlisted, civilians, etc) becoming officers with online degrees before, so has something changed?
Sorry if this has already been answered/posted/posted in the wrong section. Please don't bite my head off.:icon_tong