Article: A TANGLED WEB OF INTERNET OFFERINGS FINDING REPUTABLE ONLINE UNIVERSITIES CAN BE A CHALLENGE

When Jeremy Brown decided to earn his master's degree online, he faced a dizzying array of choices, from traditional schools like the University of Arizona and the University of Florida to for-profit giants with no central campus, such as the University of Phoenix.

Brown, a 27-year-old data analyst in Dallas, finally settled on a school he had never seen: the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

"I'm a big basketball fan, so I had heard of them," he said. "I did the research, and found out they don't make you go to campus, and I called them up and they were very friendly."

If choosing a school without seeing it seems surprising, well, welcome to the world of online degrees. With online ...

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