U of P is regionally accredited, which is the minimum standard you want for any college. At minimum, they need to be regionally accredited if you want your degree to be recognized.

But U of P is also famous for being online and for profit. Worse, they’re famous for being kind of bad. Whether or not they deserve that rep, many employers flat out refuse to hire its graduates. I’ve even seen (at my company and others) situations where current employees get their degree from U of P, paid for by the company, and then try to use it to advance, only to have managers frown at that school. Thus to me, despite the fact that it’s a genuine degree, I don’t think it’s worth it.

What is worth it is getting an online degree via a reputable, offline university. And there are *lots* of those, including UMass Amherst, U Maryland, Penn State, Northeastern U, Boston U, U Denver, U Nebraska, U Florida, Iowa State, Worcester Polytechnic, Rensselaer Polytechnic, and many others. These are schools that are well known for the quality of their campus based programs, and they also offer online degrees. One of those would look just fine on your resume, and no employer would turn you down just glancing at your resume and seeing the name of the school on there, as some will with U of P.

You should also look at the public unis in your home state, and see if any of them offer online degrees.

With UOP, it really depends on your field of study and total resume. I have never had a problem getting a job with any of my nursing degrees: Associates from a private college, Bachelor’s from a state university, and Master’s from an online university (UOP). I also have worked with 2 other nurses with UOP degrees. But note that UOP and online came after we had earned previous degrees the old fashioned way.

Call the governing body for your profession in the state you will be working in. Talk to recruiters/employers before you register. Do they require you to attend a certain type of school? Does you school need to be accredited? By any specific bodies? Use this information when you are looking at any school, not just UOP.

UOP is accredited by several bodies. Use this list when talking to recruiters/employers: http://www.phoenix.edu/about_us/accreditation.aspx

My masters program was all papers and projects, no tests. For me the benefit of being able to do school work on my own schedule outweighed the cons of all the paperwork.