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By Cameron Heffernan
If you could earn $30,000 to $45,000 more money per year, would you take it?
That's how much more you could make annually with an online doctorate degree. According to the 2000 Current Population Reports from the U.S. Census Bureau (P60-series), males who earn a PhD earn, on average, $80,250 in comparison to $34,303 for those who just graduated from high school. Female PhD holders earn $57,081 versus just $24,970 for high school grads.
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It seems like a no-brainer, right? Online Doctoral degrees can be your road to riches.
Doctorate degree costs
A doctorate degree will set you back a fair chunk of change, maybe as much as $25,000 per year for each of the six to eight years beyond college. To make matters worse, that means that for six to eight years you aren't earning income, so the opportunity cost can be tremendous.
Doctoral degree benefits
Online education represents a cost-effective alternative to earning your doctorate degree, while allowing you to continue to work. Many online universities offer college and associate-level degrees online in a wide range of disciplines. But you may not have known that you can even earn a doctorate via the Internet, a means of putting yourself among the top bracket of earners nationwide.
Why go online for a doctoral degree?
There are many advantages to earning your doctorate degree online.
Kaplan University's accredited online degree programs allow you to earn the degree you need and advance your career without missing a day of work.
There are a wide variety of doctorate programs, for example:
- Public Policy and Administration
- Business Administration
- Education
- Psychology
- Human Services
- Organizational Management
- Information Technology
- Health Administration
- Public Health
Learn online, at your own pace
By earning your doctorate online, you can progress as quickly or as slowly toward your degree as you want. If you want to take a few months off from courses and studying, go right ahead. It's like being your own boss. Online education may be the only option for working professionals or parents who want to enhance their education without taking too much time away from their career or home life.
Don't quit your day job - an online doctorate degree can be taken at your own pace
Because online learning happens at your own pace, you can take classes in the evening or on the weekend. This will keep you from incurring the massive debt associated with attaining your doctorate the traditional way, on-campus. Plus, by continuing to work a 9-5 job, you will be able to apply what you are learning in your coursework to real-world scenarios you encounter within the context of your professional life.
Chances are an employer won't offer you $30,000 to $45,000 more money per year to do your job with your existing qualifications. But by augmenting your current education with an online doctorate degree, you can put yourself in a strong position to expect a pay raise and better career prospects.
Sources
2000 Current Population Reports, the U.S. Bureau of the Census (P60-series)
About the Author
Cameron Heffernan is a writer, editor, and journalist, who has worked for publications such as PC World and a variety of freelance Internet sites. Cam is currently Communications Manager at the University of California, San Francisco. In 2000, he was a founding employee of a company that developed project management software. That firm was later acquired by a technology firm near Sacramento. He has expertise in web content authoring, management of development and maintenance of web sites, and product and service reviews. Cam has a BA in Journalism from Syracuse University's Newhouse School.
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