I’ve been thinking about going to school online, but I’m not sure if it’s right for me. I want to be a mechanical engineer, and I need to know if any schools offer it as a major. Where’s the best place to look?
There is only one school that offers an ABET-accredited degree in Mechanical Engineering: University of North Dakota. Even that school requires periodic trips to the campus for labs.
There are several school that offer Engineering Technology degrees online, but in Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology. I’m not aware of any accredited online degrees in Mechanical Engineering Technology.
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All sorts, most of the degrees where you’d have to do labs/projects as part of the course would allow you to take them at a local school and take the transfer credit over to meet requirements.
Start at the following two sites:
http://www.geteducated.com
http://www.elearners.com
Make sure you check whatever school you pick to make sure it is accredited by the same organization that accredits a tradition ‘brick and mortar’ school where the online school is based. For instance NYU is accredited by the middle states commission on higher education and perhaps others.
http://www.msche.org/institutions_directory.asp
More information on online schools and accreditation:
http://www.elearners.com/resources/agencies.asp
Even your local colleges will offer courses online and some degrees entirely online as well. If you can’t get everything done online don’t be afraid to look at mix and matching, taking some preliminary requirement courses online and transferring them or taking them at a community college then transferring them. You could always do the first couple of years online or distance learning at a local college then transfer to another institution and take whatever you couldn’t get online as night classes.