{"id":21609,"date":"2020-01-14T10:17:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T15:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwqa.cc.ucf.edu\/online\/?post_type=faq&amp;p=21101"},"modified":"2020-01-14T10:17:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T15:17:33","slug":"in-an-online-masters-degree-recognized","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/online\/question\/in-an-online-masters-degree-recognized\/","title":{"rendered":"Is an online master\u2019s degree recognized?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s online master\u2019s degrees are recognized and valued the same as the face-to-face alternative. The Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ is a SACSCOS accredited institution and is a leader in education, research and partnerships. The online master is simply an alternative mode to receiving instruction that allows for additional flexibility in scheduling. The online courses are taught by the same instructors as the face-to-face\/in-person degree pathway. Many online courses are mixed with online-only and in-person students.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to SACSCOC accreditation, many of our online master\u2019s degree programs maintain accreditations from their respective industry accrediting bodies. These specialized accreditations are awarded to programs that meet industry standards in their curriculum. Programs that have industry accreditations include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Master of Social Work Online MSW, accredited by CSWE<\/li>\n<li>Online Executive Master of Health Administration, accredited by the Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education<\/li>\n<li>Online Healthcare Informatics, PSM, accredited by CAHIIM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[1213],"class_list":["post-21609","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","tag-masters","topic-online-master-degrees"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is an online master\u2019s degree recognized? | Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yes. Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s online master\u2019s degrees are recognized and valued the same as the face-to-face alternative. 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