My husband has two online degrees. One that he started at Univ of Maryland when he was in the airforce that he finished at University of Phoenix not long after we were married. That one is a bachelor's degree in IT. His master's degree is from Norwich University that he earned through a distance learning program a little over a year ago. The experiences between the two were vastly different and they weren't solely the normal differences between undergrad and graduate school. The quality of his education from Norwich was vastly superior to the UoP education. The Norwich program also included a week long 'residency' where he was on campus, did some group final projects, took some intensive electives and did other 'live' learning programs. It was required that he work with his classmates (one of which was in Japan) and each graduating class in the program was kept intentionally small to encourage interaction. He had a ton of contact and attention from the professors and his 'participation' requirements were much higher than any that I had when I got my "brick and mortar" master's degree. It was a tough and intensive program.

Based on what I saw him go through and how these two degrees have been treated by the corporate world, I would highly recommend what a few others have said and suggest selecting a respected University that has a good distance learning or online program.

Oh, and one of the major advantages to distance learning is that he was able to get a specialized degree from one of the most respected programs in the country - from our small town location in NC. It's a great opportunity to get an education that otherwise might be unobtainable for many people due to location and work schedules.