Can I get a bachelor's degree in compsci fully online?

Posted by Turbulent-Seaweed903@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 29 comments

Hi, I'm currently enrolled at a college that I feel no real end to. I want to switch to computer science but I want a clean fresh new start at a different school, however with my current work schedule. Is it possible to get a bachelor's degree for comp sci fully online? I'm in New York City. Thanks!

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m_techguide@reddit

You can definitely get a fully online BS CS now. There are tons of colleges and unis offering it, so imo it’s not a sketchy option anymore. although you’ll still need to build projs, maybe contribute to open source, and get some kind of internship or real exp alongside it. That matters way more than the format of your degree. Since you’re working, online can actually be a really good move.

If you want, I can link you to our guide on online BS CS so you can check if that’s a solid move for you rn :)

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worthless-0022@reddit

i need this! im currently enrolled in a regular university and im a second year cs student and i wanna do online for my third andf fourth so i can get a job in the meantime pls help!

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bfruge78@reddit

Check out Louisiana State University at Alexandria, I’m in their 100 % online CS degree program.

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Fun-Print-1154@reddit

How have u been doing there. would love to know the experience as i am planning to pursue there as well.

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bfruge78@reddit

It what you make of it I guess. Instructors aren’t that great, feel like online students are an afterthought to them. Get ready to self teach yourself pretty much everything.

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bfruge78@reddit

It what you make of it I guess. Instructors aren’t that great, feel like online students are an afterthought to them. Get ready to self teach yourself pretty much everything.

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Fit_Entrepreneur9617@reddit

I'm doing SNHU, and I have been fairly enjoying myself, one thing I recommend doing if you want those liberal arts courses but of the way look into Sophia learning or study.com to get college credit done for those courses, it will save you both money and time

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TheKnottyOne@reddit

SNHU here as well. So far I’m enjoying it as well!

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Fit_Entrepreneur9617@reddit

Nice! What's your major in friend?

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TheKnottyOne@reddit

I’ve been doing it for a year and a half now. I’m going for my CS - Software Engineering degree

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Fit_Entrepreneur9617@reddit

Same here, I'm also going for Software Engineering

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TheKnottyOne@reddit

Awesome! Personally, I love it and the classes seem well structured with content and organized. I’ve heard of other online institutions not being that great (DeVry, for example), but I’ve heard SNHU and WGU are pretty good

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bakes121982@reddit

Who’s going into comp sci now. No one is hiring new grads with ai now and ai gets better every day.

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Turbulent-Seaweed903@reddit (OP)

Because I like computer science. Who's going into learning programming subreddits to disuade people from learning programming

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bakes121982@reddit

Who’s dissuading you. It’s factual. If you want to spend 4yr to then look for a job in an over saturated market when most high end jobs want the top .5% from prestigious universities then have at it. Otherwise that online degree will be just like a boot camp and that resume will get thrown out. I work in architecture and focus on ai, I can tell you we are looking to not hire any jr people and looking to stop outside contractors because AI is able to augment our engineers to do way more at fairly high quality and it only improves every new model.

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u123456789a@reddit

I can tell you we are looking to not hire any jr people and looking to stop outside contractors because AI is able to augment our engineers to do way more at fairly high quality and it only improves every new model.

Telling an AI what a program needs to do, is still programming. It still requires experience and knowledge to do that right. Otherwise all those expensive seniors would have been replaced by cheap juniors by now.

Which means your industry is betting on replacing their whole engineering staff with AI before they run out of seniors, as they now stopped training juniors to become the new seniors.

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bakes121982@reddit

Not really. You can always hire more senior levels lol. They just aren’t training them. Also the ai is augmenting the seniors so the stuff they would normally send to a jr is just being done better and faster with ai so there isn’t a reason for the jrs. That’s the current landscape.

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RustCohleCaldera@reddit

no yea thats the point, you hire the best jrs with degrees from prestigious universities, not some guy with an online university degree or self taught

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elephant_9@reddit

Yep, you can! A bunch of schools offer fully online CS degrees that are legit and follow the same curriculum as on-campus ones. Since you’re working, look for flexible or recorded-lecture options; time management will be key

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Competitive_Tea6785@reddit

Look at ASU (Arizone State University), I believe all degrees are available online. There are others, but that is one I know of.

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Turbulent-Seaweed903@reddit (OP)

I've been looking into this one specifically! Thanks!

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jachpa@reddit

I am sneaking up on a bachelors degree through SNHU. I am doing it totally online, because I live out in the middle of nowhere.

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BarzaiAtal@reddit

Troy University offers Applied CS and CS online.

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FriedTorchic@reddit

My school has both online and in person degrees, and they have CS and adjacent degrees

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D0NK3YSL4PP4@reddit

Valencia College in FL has a completely online CS-ish degree.

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Bulky-Leadership-596@reddit

I got my computer engineering degree from Devry University completely online. Is it a good school? Absolutely not. Was it as thorough an education as I would have gotten in person? Nope. Does it matter at all now that I have industry experience? Not at all.

The biggest problem is going to be getting your foot in the door. An online degree is not as good at doing that compared to a 'real' degree, but once you make it past that hurdle it's irrelevant.

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