Earning Your Degree Online As A Single Mother

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 grants, 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.

There are more women, in fact, on American college campuses today than there are men—and they’re achieving better grades and dropping out less often than their male counterparts, according to information from researchers cited in a February 2010 New York Times article. The majority of female students are older, black and Hispanic and considered low-income, the article reported.

President Barak Obama has been endorsing college enrollment especially for single moms. And online college for single moms could provide advantages in that moms don’t have to worry about having to pay for child care or having to squeeze in to-and-from campus travel time.

Those who make time, set aside money and research assistance now to further their education can reap better rewards down the road. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statics reports that high school graduates without college degrees in 2007 made a median $31,408 while individuals with bachelor degrees took in a median $51,324 and those with doctoral degrees earned $60,580.

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