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What's the difference between earning a college degree online versus a degree from a traditional university? Besides being able to wear your pajamas to online classes, there are actually few differences between online and traditional learning. In fact, an online education can provide the same in-demand programs offered on campus. "What most employers care about is that you've earned your degree," explains career coach Meredith Haberfeld. "In a vast number of jobs, it doesn't matter to employers whether that degree was earned online or in person." And that's good news, because a growing number of Americans are finding the flexibility of online programs and classes to be a great education option. For specifics, over 6.1 million students were taking at least one online class during the fall of 2010, according to the report "Going the Distance: Online Education in the United States, 2011," by the nonprofit Babson Survey Research Group...

Are you looking to make a career change?Going back to school online may be a good option for you. In fact, online degrees are helping change the way people update their careers."One of the attractions to online (education) is that it's a lot more accessible to working adults who want to quit their jobs," says Pedram Mizani, president of Advanced Colleges of America.To help you sift through your online degree options, we looked to a study by Eduventures, a leading educational research firm.Based on their study, the most popular online programs for bachelor's degree. "Online classes allow students to fit it into their lives. If they're working and they've got a family, they can't come to class every Monday and Thursday at one p.m., but they can log onto the website at nine at night after the kids are in bed," says Velvet Miscione, a counselor with California's Coastline Community College. If this flexibility sounds like a good fit for you...