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How Should I Grade Online Business Colleges?

How to Grade Online Business Colleges

Just as online business colleges will grade your performance in all courses, you should grade schools before you select the one that's right for you. To help you select the factors that typically are most important, the following suggested list might give you a start.

Set up a grading scale that makes sense to you. Just as most business colleges online have a letter (A through E) or a numerical (4.0 through 0.0) grading system, you should use an approach that is meaningful to you. You might create a 5 (best) through 1 (worst) system or use a technique similar to course grading.
Be objective. Eliminate as many subjective items as possible (e.g., school colors, website layout, perceived ease of passing courses, etc.) to generate a meaningful grade for an online business degree program.
Prioritize your evaluation items. Determine which factors are most/least important to you. Among the usual criteria are flexibility, course offerings, accreditation, degree respect in the industry, and third-party rating of online business colleges. You can add all items that are important to you.
Grade cost/benefit factors. Don't suffer tunnel vision and look at raw cost. Without the benefit factor, pure cost grades are seldom helpful. Choosing the right business program online will have a serious effect on your professional career goals. Grade cost as a twin of benefits offered to get a meaningful score.

After you reach a meaningful objective grade, you can use subjective features (e.g., feel, fit, comfort, etc.) as tie-breakers to help you make the right decision for business programs online.

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