According to the Department of Labor, health care is one of the largest and most financially rewarding career fields for professionals who have earned a campus-based health associate degree or an online health associate degree. Employers actually prefer to hire workers with an associate health care administration degree, due to [...]

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According to the Department of Labor, professionals with more education make more money, experience lower rates of unemployment, and have access to a wider range of occupations. The Department of Labor also predicts that the fastest growing jobs through the year 2010 will be those that most often require an [...]

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Accounting technicians, along with bookkeeping and auditing clerks, occupied over 2 million positions in 2004. They are employed in almost every industry. Positions in this field provide part-time and temporary work opportunities for those who are unable to keep a full-time work schedule. Working as an accounting technician is one [...]

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Entering the field of criminal justice can be done with credentials that range from a high school diploma to a four-year college degree. Many local police and detective positions require only a high school diploma and relevant work experience, while state and federal jobs in criminal justice field occupations typically [...]

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Obtaining a job as a real estate sales agent can be relatively easy. Real estate sales agents must have a high school diploma and pass a written examination in order to become licensed for practice. However, minimal beginning earnings and competition with more experienced agents can make establishing a [...]

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The most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed healthcare as the largest industry in the U.S. The healthcare industry employed over 13. million workers in 2004 and currently includes 8 of the 20 occupations that are expected to experience the fastest growth through the year 2014. Students wishing [...]

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With a background consisting of just a few college courses and a long history of playing with model cars as a teenager, Derek Sanders has landed a successful, fulfilling career as a model maker. He was recently profiled in a popular career journal for his unique occupation. Designers consult Sanders with ideas sketched on [...]

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Each year over 400,000 associate’s degrees are awarded to U.S. students. As opposed to a bachelor’s degree, which requires an average of 120 college credits, an associate’s degree typically involves 60 credits or about 20 classes. Most programs can be completed in two years. Upon completion of an [...]

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If you have dreamed of a career in law enforcement, Homeland Security, forensic science or a related field, but are not equipped with the education to proceed, an online degree in criminal justice might be your ticket to success. Even if you are in an entirely different field and are currently working full-time, [...]

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With criminal justice becoming one of the fastest growing career choices and the recent threat of national and international terrorism continuing to spread, many students are choosing to pursue an Associate’s degree in Criminal Justice online. Not only are more and more students choosing Associate’s degrees, but they are choosing to pursue their [...]

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All over the U.S., the health care industry has reported a shortage in qualified nurses. Several online colleges and universities, such as The University of Phoenix, are trying to help by offering several health care and nursing degrees.
The American Association of College of Nursing said that the in the U.S. alone, there could be a [...]

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Recently, studies have shown that individuals with an associates degree may earn twice that of a high-school graduate. An associate degree is often highly sought after by many fast growing occupations. Each year, more than 400,000 enrolled in on-line education courses earn and associates degree.
It generally takes 2 years to earn an associates degree, the [...]

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