Now that you have decided to get your university or college degree online do you find yourself wishing that there was a "Dear Abby" or "Dear Ann Landers" site of some sort dedicated to giving advice to those who are seeking to get their degrees online? Something that would help you to decide which of the many online universities and colleges would be the best one for you? Well, I can"t quite promise you that but getting degree advice online just might be easier than you think.

All reputable online colleges and universities are as anxious as their offline counterparts to attract students. This is how they make a living, and they aren't limited by the size of the classroom as to the number of students that they can include in the class. They are each going to want to attract you to attend their college or university.

They will therefore, as the saying goes, "put their best foot forward' in making themselves and if possible their alumni also available to you.

Check them out, visit their website and examine each part carefully. Most, indeed probably all of them, will have a section which will feature glowing alumni testimonials. See if these include email addresses which you can use to contact these people and don't be afraid to ask questions, probing ones that will cover issues that are important to you. Make use of search engines, such as yahoo and google and see what sort of information you can find about the colleges and universities which you are looking into. This is, after all, your education you're considering, so you're not wasting time by doing online research. Are their online sites that are set up especially for the alumni of any of the colleges or universities which you are considering? Any chatrooms? Visit them, ask questions, explain what you are doing. I think you will find that most people will be more than happy to help you. A good many of them will probably be able to look back to a time when they themselves did the exact same thing.

Visit some of the online sites of businesses that are engaged in the kind of work which you hope to be doing one day. Find out what are the most important skills that you will need in order to be an asset to them, then check out the online universities and colleges to ascertain which ones seem to offer the best opportunities for you to learn and develop these particular skills.

Make use of the contact us features which these business sites contain, email the owner and explain to him or to her what you are doing and why. They may not only be able to encourage you as far as to what they require but they may have themselves matriculated with an online college or university or perhaps some of their employees did and they may be able to point you towards a particular college or university that they or an employee found particularly advantageous.

Getting degree advice online isn't difficult, it just takes some thinking and some creativity. Now about that "Dear Abby' or "Dear Ann Landers' site, maybe after you get your education you could.....