Engineering Graduate School via Distance Programs

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@Time2

If it shows you worked full-time in Washington @ Boeing while getting a degree from some other part of the country…they will know you obtained your degree online, regardless of what else your resume tells them.

If your degree isn’t from some place like ITT-Tech, do you honestly think said company will care? Let me give a real-life example:

In Dallas, Texas under a specific leadership development program at engineering Company X, Engineer Y is required to get a technical Master’s degree to successfully complete the program. In the position he is in, he can attend night class for his M.S. in Systems Engineering at nearby school SMU, or he can choose to study for his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech, through their Distance Learning Program. Both degrees will equally contribute to his job at Company X, but which sounds and looks more impressive? (Keep in mind, nothing on the degree will say “online” or “distance learning”)

In the OP’s case, Washington is a respected school for AE. But don’t think that the HR department (or management) will view your degree, in which you received by taking online classes at a respected school, negatively.

[Time2]

Actually, I was commenting with regard to a prior post that says you can’t tell the difference by looking at the diploma. You can tell a lot by what you see or don’t see on a resume, I doubt a perspective employer will ever look at the actual diploma.

I don’t doubt these are all fine schools, but the original question was asking our view on what the original poster should consider when making a choice. That is what several of us have been doing.