<p>I've been looking around for a good college to attend for Information Security, I live in a small city in California & University of Phoenix is the closest that offers that particular degree. I've seen a University online that offers the same program plus 9 certifications included. The school is called Western Governors University (<a href="http://www.wgu.edu%5B/url%5D">www.wgu.edu</a>), they're regionally accredited & non-profit but I wanted to know if it's a good idea to do it online. I'm trying to get a bachelors so please, if you have any advice I would love to hear it. I would really hate to enroll & employers wont accept it.</p>
<p>Nuendo, I'm a student in the IT program at WGU and I love it. I'm not doing the security emphasis, but my program also earns me nine real-world certs as I complete the degree, which is a really cool way to get school done. I've already earned two out of the nine certs.</p>
<p>I didn't do so well in my second semester because I'm not the kind of person that can stay motivated on my own very well, but at WGU you get a mentor assigned to you that will call you once a week to check up on you and encourage you and help you decide what you need to do next, so that makes up for a lot of the motivation issues.</p>
<p>In the interest of full disclosure, I'm also an employee at WGU. I work for their IT Service Desk. I've been with the company for a year and a half now and they are a great company to work for. I'm not being paid to make this endorsement.</p>