| The United States Department of Labor has found | | | | workshops to earn residency hours. |
| that people who hold a master's degree actually earn | | | | Testing for online master's degree programs is |
| eighteen percent more per week than people who | | | | frequently done through proctors right in the |
| do not have one. The annual report regarding the | | | | student's neighborhood. To help finance their |
| state of online education in the United States, In | | | | education, students can pursue federal and state |
| Growing by Degrees: Online Education in the United | | | | financial aid, loans, scholarships and employer tuition |
| States, 2005, it was reported that 44 percent of | | | | reimbursement programs. Students traditionally attend |
| schools that offer master's degree programs in | | | | thirty to sixty semester hours to complete a |
| person also offer online master's degree programs. | | | | master's degree, which can be done online in fifteen |
| The convenience of distance learning master's degree | | | | to thirty-six months. |
| programs makes it easier for working professionals | | | | Master's degrees are differentiated by post-nominal |
| to pursue higher education without compromising | | | | letters that show the level of academic achievement |
| their current position. | | | | a student has earned. The most common areas of |
| The United States Department of Education found | | | | master's degree education are Master of Education |
| that over 75 accredited colleges offer MBA education | | | | (MEd, MAT, MSEd), Master of Science (MS), Master |
| online. Virtual classrooms provide literally hundred of | | | | of Arts (MA) and Master of Business Administration |
| options for graduate students to select from in areas | | | | (MBA). MBA education online programs allow busy |
| such as science, arts, fine arts, accounting, real | | | | business executives to conveniently fit advanced |
| estate, education, finance, business administration and | | | | learning into their schedules. Further, one in five |
| more. | | | | students studying to earn a master's degree pursues |
| Distance learning master's degree programs require | | | | an MBA, proving that MBA education online affords |
| students to hold a bachelor's degree and dedicate the | | | | more people the chance to achieve higher learning. |
| greater portion of their time to studying | | | | According to the United States Bureau of Labor |
| independently. The possible curriculum of online | | | | Statistics, those people who hold a master's degree |
| master's degree programs may be delivered through | | | | enjoy salaries that are $200 higher than those people |
| email, virtual lectures, reading assignments, online | | | | who hold a bachelor's degree. Distance learning |
| chats and writing assignments. Some online graduate | | | | master's degree programs enable more people to |
| education programs may require students to | | | | pursue the dream of higher education without |
| physically attend a certain number of courses or | | | | compromising their current circumstances. |