Hello everyone!

My name is Joshua, and I am sort of new to eLearners.com. I will first off by saying that I am currently attending an online university (Ashford University), and have been for nearly three years now. I will suggest for anyone looking for a degree to consider them, they are pretty reasonably priced. I am majoring in Social Sciences (concentration in Education) without going for the ‘teacher certificate program’.  I have my reasons, and maybe able to keep up with posts on why not to do the program if anyone is interested.

I have concerns however.  Maybe some seasoned online learners, as myself, that have tried different colleges please give me some input for the following concerns:

-I am looking for a Master’s degree program that is focused in Education or Instructional.  I have overviewed Ashford (of course), AMU (American Military/American Public University), AIU (American Intercontinental University), UOP (University of Phoenix), GCU (Grand Canyon University), Regent University, Troy University, WGU (Western Governor’s University) and Walden University.

Long list huh? I know its long, but I feel that my BA that I am receiving from Ashford, or at least the field of study, is not adequate enough for my expectations in my near future.  I know the education field is broad, but the major focus I want is something that is without a licensure program, due to my current status (active duty military) which I don’t have a lot of free time to do as such.  

-I know that regionally accreditation is highly important, and I want a university that has great results. Tuition is kind of discounted for me, to a point, plus I have my MGIB to cover the rest.  I want to know though has anyone taken the online degree program, graduated, and gone to a big name university, or a state university.  

-I know that NCATE accreditation is important and WGU is so far the only online university that is accredited by it.  I would like any input from anyone that has graduated from them, or is attending, and has their student-teaching in progress.

I appreciate the help everyone, I will be keeping post up and having important questions, that haven’t already been answered, if I can find any.