Engineering Degrees

[Stephenwph]

I know a lot of you may be biased and not like online universities. I would prefer a traditional university as well. Due to certain life choices, I can not go the traditional route. Although my life choices have still led me to a great job… so pick your poison I guess. I’m in the Marine Corps and I work as an Avionics engineering tech repairing helicopters and the components for them. When I have to leave service, I would like to work as an engineer. Given my experience both in Avionics and in the military, I’m already pretty well set up for job opportunities when I have to get out. Though, I want the degree too, not just the experience. With raising a family, and all of the responsibilities at work I don’t have much free time…even for night classes at a traditional college. Excelsior’s EET program is ABET accredited and I have heard mixed stories about EET degrees. I have heard that you can be an engineer with EET’s and I have heard that you can’t and it only prepares you to be a tech…which I’m already a tech and can get a tech job with out the degree. American Public has a good engineering program, though as of right now they are not ABET accredited. I have emailed the program director (PHD EE) and he said that they have designed the program to meet ABET requirements, but can not obtain the accreditation until some one graduates. He said this is so, because it is a new program. The first student won’t graduate until 2016 - 2017 and then they will have ABET. Though, my mode of thinking is, shouldn’t the program be accredited before anyone starts it? That makes sense right? I’m thinking about doing the American Public EE program, but the no ABET thing scares me.