I have a question regarding my major and where I should look to attend. I don’t want to bore anyone with my life story but a little background might help. I am a 3o year old police officer (9 years) in San Diego County (CA) who works beyond full time hours and has no hope of really attending college full time. I have been taking community college classes as I can fit them in my schedule for several years and have finally amassed about 70 semester units to transfer. My GPA is nothing to brag about, probably around 2.7, mostly due to dropping and bailing on quite a few classes due to my career and scheduling. I am majoring in History (specifically Medieval or Military if I have a choice) and hope to one day, most likely years down the line, teach at the community college level since I am completely burned out in my law enforcement career and am interested in working in a career field I am passionate about.
I understand schools like Phoenix and National are simply diploma mills. In law enforcement that is where many people get their bachelor’s degrees due to the hectic schedule of our life, online is usually the only way to go. I recently came across Troy University and saw they have an online program in many fields including History. While Troy isn’t Standford or UCLA, it’s better than Phoenix. Pretty much my only choices are find an online program, attempt to transfer to SDSU or CSU San Marcos (nearest public universities) and only attend part time, or stop doing this and wait until I retire to finish this all up.
Would attending Troy University online as a history major be a good plan or will the online degree be viewed just the same as most other online schools? In a perfect world I suppose I would get the BA in History from Troy and use it to one day get into a good Master’s program, possibly as USD or UCSD.
Any help is greatly appreciated, I’ve always been blue collar through and through so I am attempting to navigate this academic world. Thanks in advance.