How many hours is an Associate's degree?
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It's usually 60 credits - 4 semesters of 15 credit hours each. (3 credits per class, or 5 classes per semester)
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I usually took 18-21.  It all depends on what your other responsibilities are.  Will you be active in sports, volunteering, working, etc.?  If you are doing those things...or are really there to party, then I wouldn't take more than 12 credit hours.
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An excellent question!\n\nAn Associate's degree is the next level above a high school diploma, and it takes about 2 years of study through an accredited Community College or some private institutions.\n\nA Bachelor's degree takes about 4 to 5 years, and can be earned at a 4-year university.  A Bachelor's is better than an Associate's.
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College - minimum Master's degree with 18 hours of graduate study in office admin or related study.\n\nHigh School - Bachelor's degree and teaching certificate if public school and no certificate if private school.
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An Associate degree is a two year degree.  Some jobs only require this type of degree like LPN or medical assistant, some management positions etc.\n\nBS and BA are Bachelor's degrees, these are a four year degree. A BS stands for Bachelor of Science degree and BS stands for Bachelor of Arts Degree.  Although the titles are a bit different the only real difference between a BA and a BS is that a BA requires a foriegn language and BS doesn't.\n\nA Master's Degree is after the Bachelors. You can not pursue a Master's degree without a Bachelors.  Usually the Masters takes an additional two years of school past the four for a Bachelors and the classes are often offered in the evenings and part time since most people get a full time job with their Bachelor's and take their Master's courses around their schedule.\nA Phd is a Doctorate.  This is as high as you can go.  You have to have a Master's to pursue a Phd.  Most people take up to ten to twelve years to get their Phd degrees and in order to be awarded a Phd, the student must submit a "thesis" which is usually a very long, detailed report on the subject in which they are pursuing their degree.  Everyone that I know that has written a thesis has taken several years to complete it even though they were completely finished with their classes.
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If you are referring to a college course, credits and credit hours mean the same thing.  Usually a 3 credit course meets 3 hours a week for one term.  In any case, if you earn 3 credits, you need another 27 credits to meet the 30 credit hour requirement.
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Associates- takes 1-2 years, some include the LPN nursing degree, lab tech, surgery assistant, computer tech, EMT, childcare.  These degrees usually land low to middle paying jobs. \n\nBachelors- 3-5 years, you can get a bachelors degree in almost anything.  There are several that pay well, and most of them pay median to upper median salaries. \n\nMaster's- 1-2 yrs. after bachelor's, usually result in high paying jobs, for example, nurse practitioner or PA, college instructor in your field, researcher, etc. \n\nDoctorate-3-4 yrs after bachelor's degree, these degrees pay high salaries.
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I got my associates degree from a community college. I had classes there where even during the day classes I had people that were age 16-54 and everything inbetween. Let me encourage you to at least get an associates degree, because almost all places of work, where you can advance past an entry level position require some sort of degree. Best of luck to you. \n(Another way to look at it, you are older, but have more life experience and therefore have an advantage.)
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Associate's... = 2 years of education after high school diploma.\nBachelor...= usually 4 years after high school (sometimes 3)\nMaster...= can be 1 or 2 years AFTER the bachelor\nDoctorate ... = 1 to 7 years after Master.\n\nTo become a homecare person, go for an associate degree in a college.  Course will depends on the college and its program.
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Firstly, it's a Bachelor's Degree and can be described as follows: A bachelor's degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three or four years.
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For 17 hours (quarter-hours) of classes, I study about 35 hours a week.  This includes reading, doing homework, and reviewing.  It varies from person to person, and of course on the class.  The amount of homework that a professor assigns can have a huge impact on that number.  But, I've been in engineering for 9 quarters now, and I've found this to be a fairly reasonable amount.
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FT-12 hours or more..PT 6 hours or less..financial aid at least 6 hours
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From a degreed HR persons point of view, an associates is barely worth the paper it is printed on.\n\nYou would be better off earning the credit hours but transfering to a 4 year school and listing the 4 year school with "pursuing Bachelors" even if you take 20 years.
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It's like he said, credits are the same as hours.  Put it like this:  I'm guessing you're probably taking 4 classes.  If you are then you go to class 12 hours a week.  Let's say your 4 classes are on T and R and they each last for 1:15.  Even though 1:15+1:15 is 2:30, schools round that up to 3 hours.
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not really quick but an LPN is 1 year course and you can get associate degree later if you like your work
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I worked in the admissions office at a community (junior) college.  All you need is your GED to get the associates degree.  The diploma programs are certificates in a specific program field (such as fashion, interior design, entrepenuership) which takes less than a year to complete.  You do not want this because an associate degree is looked upon more favorable by employers- and even better, a Bachelor's Degree.  Just take the core classes need to get the associates and then decide later if you want to transfer to a four year college or university.  As long as you don't transfer out of state any four year college will take your associates degree and start you off as a junior.  I encourage you to keep going.  It will be worth it in the end.
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Associate of Science is 2 years and focuses on the scientific aspects (math, science, etc.) of a topic. Bachelor of Fine Arts is 4 years and focuses on the artistic (fashion, music, drama, dance, etc.) aspects of the topic.