Online English Degrees

An online English degree can prepare you to work in almost any industry.  English degrees teach students much more than just literature.  English students learn great communication skills, writing skills, research skills, and other skills that can be applied in almost any industry.  In fact, English degrees are often considered to be one of the most versatile degrees that a student can get because there are so many ways that an online English degree can be transferred into the business world.  After getting an English degree students can write, teach, give seminars, work for corporations as a communications trainer or corporate writer, become a literary analyst, work at a publishing house, or work on a newspaper.

English Degree Options

Online English Certificate - Getting an online English certificate is a great way for someone that is already settled in the business world to expand their job opportunities through education.  An online English certificate will provide the basics of an English degree in a short amount of time which allows the student to apply those skills to real world jobs quickly.

Online English Associates Degree - An online English Associates degree is a great introduction to what an English degree is all about.  Students will get the chance to read some great literature that they might not have read before and will learn the basics of literary analysis.

Online English Bachelors Degree - An online English Bachelors degree will give you the chance to build upon the basic English skills that you already learned. Reading great literature, writing your own work, and learning how to apply the lessons of the past to the modern world through literary analysis will all be skills you can use in the workplace or in graduate school.

Online English Masters Degree - Pursuing an online English Masters degree allows you to specialize in one particular area and narrow your focus of study to the area that you want to purse as a career. If you want to teach you may need to take teaching classes in addition to your English classes. If you want to do corporate work or training you may need to take additional classes in those disciplines as well as taking English classes.

Online English Doctorate Degree - Getting an online English Doctorate Degree can take anywhere from a year to five years depending on how fast you work through the material. You will be required to turn in some kind of final project that is either a literary analysis or your own work in order to show that you have mastered the concepts and skills necessary to be an expert in the field of study you chose.

English Degree and Salary Information

People who are just starting out with an English Bachelors Degree had an average starting salary of $31,000 according to a report done in 2004. Depending on what type of work you get that number could be significantly higher.  Teachers of English start out making around $30,000 but also get the reward of helping others.

Online Colleges Offering English Degrees

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University of Phoenix is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. .

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The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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American InterContinental University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.

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The Art Institute Online is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE).

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City University of Seattle (CityU) is incorporated in the state of Washington and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

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Colorado Technical University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Bachelor's and Master's degrees: Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges.

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Westwood College is currently nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) or the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).

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DeVry University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association (NCA).

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Regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., a nongovernmental, nationally recognized organization whose affiliated institutions include elementary schools through collegiate institutions offering post-graduate instruction.

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Winston-Salem State College is accredited by SACS, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Western Governors University is the only university to have received simultaneous accreditation by four regional accrediting commissions. Currently, WGU’s "home" accrediting commission is the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, the same organization that accredits such leading institutions as the University of Washington, University of Oregon, University of Utah, Brigham Young University, and other public and private colleges. WGU is also nationally accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). WGU is the first online university to receive NCATE accreditation for its degree programs that lead to teacher licensure from the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). WGU’s Health Informatics program is now accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). WGU’s Nursing programs are CCNE accredited.

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A.T Still University is regionally accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Regis University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.The MSN program is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission (NLNAC).

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Utica College Online is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.The Graduate Physical Therapy Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), American Physical Therapy Association.The Graduate Occupational Therapy Program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).

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Upper Iowa University is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The Higher Learning Commission.

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Accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools.

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The University of Saint Mary Online is accreditated by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

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