Single Mothers Able To Earn College Degree Online
Single moms often have to work while raising their children and, still, they barely make enough money to get by. Saving for their children’s college education can be so much of a struggle they can’t even fathom starting or continuing work toward their own degree. But for single moms, college tuition assistance can come in the way of online scholarships scholarships and more. And online degree programs can help them find the time to fit higher education into their often hectic schedules.
“Online degrees” are considered to carry the same significance as those obtained by physically attending a college or university, Ladies Home Journal Editor-in-Chief Sally Lee told Ann Curry in a Today Show interview. And online degree programs are available from many prominent colleges and universities as well as from accredited online-only schools.
With “online college,” single moms can participate in studies when the children nap or go to sleep, school or out to play. They can also develop schedules so that, on a weekly basis, their families know when they’re in class, studying or doing homework, according to a singlemom.com column by MindComet marketing agency communications specialist Kelly Kennedy, who specializes in financial strategies for single moms.
Taking college courses online is no less expensive than taking them at a “bricks and mortar” institution. But expensive as it might be to pursue, higher education has become a reality for a wide variety of people.
That’s according to information from researchers cited in a February 2010 New York Times article, which detailed that most female college students are older, black and Hispanic and described as low-income.
In 2007, high school graduates without college degrees earned a median $31,408 compared with a median $51,324 earned by those with bachelor degrees and $60,580 by those with doctoral degrees, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Those who spend time and money and do some financial aid research to offset the overall costs of college can see the return after earning a degree. Especially with the help of government grants. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statics, high school graduates without college degrees in 2007 made a median $31,408. Those with bachelor degrees earned a median $51,324, and the median salary for doctoral degree-holders was $60,580.
A good place grants for single moms are to be found is U.S. Department of Education’s FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) that has a Web presence just as other college financial aid outlets do.
