What is the best and quickest way to get an associates degree?
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It depends on where you live, Community colleges, and the best route. However, there are also private colleges that offer associates degrees, and others that you can complete on-line. If you live in Pa try Central Pennsylvania College, you can get an associates from them in 18 months.
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51.  Associate's degree.
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Usually the most cost effective are at your community college.  The best is open to interpretation.  The best way is to get the basic skills down and then intern or work with someone who is successful to learn the tricks of the trade from them.
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You can get a 2 year associates degree for lower level acct. jobs. A 4 year degree will take you much farther. Get a CPA and you can do even more.
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Any type of degree or certification improves your chances over those who don't have it.  An AA is also a good stepping stone to a Bachelor's...and sounds like it's a good short-term goal for you.  As an individual who has to hire people periodically, if an individual is over 25 and doesn't have a degree or certification of any sort, I put their resume aside.  I worked full time, had a full time job, and helped support a household and still managed to find time to improve myself with education.  So, I expect the same of those who will work for me.
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THe associates degree is a 2 year degree whereas the Bachelor's is a 4 year degree. As faras better?? THe AA will get you work in certain fields, but if you have the time to invest the BS will open up more doors for you usually
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There are two things that you need to realize:  \n\nFirst -- there are no good on-line colleges.\n\nSecond -- an Associates Degree in Business won't do that much for you (unless you plan to go on to a four year college).
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It's about the same as an associates degree. If you buckle down and take maximum credits, you can get it done in a year including the summer. That is quite difficult to do, so it generally takes 2 years in addition to the 4 for a bachelor's degree.
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My sister had the same question when she was taking classes at community college.  She planned to get an accelerated BS at Redlands and wasn't sure if she should take a couple of extra classes to get her Associates Degree.  I reminded her that our mother had not finished college when she got married.  Since you never know what the future will bring, I think it is best, since you are so close to getting the Associates when you are working toward your Bachelors, to get it just in case your education gets interrupted.  It would be a shame to be only a couple of classes from having a degree, which could translate into more income, until your education could be resumed.  Also, probably best to go for Masters before PhD, as each step helps increase your income in whatever field you choose.
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If you get it from a community or junior college it can be less expensive to get your foundation courses than immediately going to a four-year college or university so you will have saved money.\n\nIf you are going into a field that only requires you to have certain training in very specific areas then an associates degree is better suited.  Examples:  Carpentry, Cosmetology, Small engine repair, Computer technology (mostly hardware), etc.\n\nA four-year degree gives you a vast body of knowledge so that you will hopefully be a more creative and constructive thinker (history, humanities, art, music on and on). An associate degree assumes that you are either going straight into a four year institutions (in which case you get all the classes in () above) or you are immediately going to seek a job and you won't need all the intellectual stuff.
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You need to have a degree in Elementary Education (Early Childhood Education). 4 years of college to get a bachelors degree. If you want to get an associates degree, it's a 2 year course, but you can only help the teacher. The advantages are plentiful. If you love working with children, this would be ideal for you, but the income isn't as great as if you were to study Nursing or some other highly paid profession.
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i pay my associate degrees less than bachelor degrees.  around $175/day for and associates and $275/day for bachelors.  also, if it comes down to hiring one vs the other, the bachelors degree wins 100% of the time.  \n\nand do you need an excuse to spend 2 more years in college?  the workin world sucks!  enjoy school if you get the chance.
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An associates in business is almost worthless--you need a bachelors.  If you are planning on getting an associates, computers would probably be better.  \n\nIf you commit to a 4 year degree, major in business & minor in computers or vice versa.  And then add certifications (by taking exams i.e. CPA, CIA) rather than an MBA.
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Personally I would go get the Associates degree. Call it the bird in the hand syndrome ...\n\nWhen I interview folks, I really don't take path to a degree into account. You are either qualified or you are not. in the interim, it is nice to have a piece of paper formally signifying your accomplishments. You never know if something unexpected will arise that may further delay your Bachelor's degree.
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An Associates Degree (in the Arts, Sciences, Fine Arts) takes two years.  Usually only junior/community colleges offer it as a degree.\n\nYou can also pick up professional certifications (IT networking, medical technician, electrician) from vocational schools or community colleges in 1-2 years usually.\n\nIf the job you want requires a Bachelor's though, you're probably going to have to get it one way or the other (online courses or evening from an accredited university might be the way to go).  Co-op's are available at a number of corporations so you can complete your studies over time and work with them in the interim.
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So you're looking for a goog job, ehh? Well, goog luck! Mayhaps a google job would be better! In which case, anything liberal would be greeted with open arms! \nHonestly tho, why stop with the Associates degree? Better to go for the Bachelors degree since more employers tend to look for that than an Associates anymore. Of course, any college degree is helpful and any college degree with experience in the related field is preferred.
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rule of thumb for an associate's degree is 2 years and a bachelor's is 4 years.  If you have a number of courses that carry credit already (AP or IB courses, or college credits you have done already), you may be able to cut that 4 years down - also, if you can afford to take classes in the summer too, you may be able to finish a bachelors in 3 or possibly even 2 1/2 years, if you pass out of some classes too and take an overload each semester.\n\nMost colleges have pretty strict restrictions about this, though, so I would expect that 3 years be the minimum you'd shoot for, and 3 1/2 being more likely.