What do you want to do with your degree? If you want a secular job, I agree with the post from Liberty University. I also see a great deal of ad's on the net from Phoenix University, which is a fully accredited state university. If you want to learn for the sole purpose of knowing more about the Bible so that you can teach your children, Andersonville is a good school. Remember, full accreditation means that you will give up Bible specifics. I attended a fully accredited Baptist school and couldn't stomach the teachings. I thought that the school was liberal, but come to find out, they were just meeting the demands placed upon them to meet regional accreditation standards. As far as Liberty being affordable, that is a new one for me. The real sham is that you can go to a secular school to get a secular degree and it cost you pennies on the dollar compared to getting the same degree at a religious school. The reason for this is that the state subsidizes their schools. Therefore, to get a BS from a state school could cost you as little as $4000 (books and tuition at a Texas state school) where if you could find a "Christian" school for less than $15,000, we might have to have a discussion on miracles. Then, here is the irony. You are penalized financially for wanting a "Christian" education, yet the very secular world we are pandering to so that we can meet their requirements, most of the time still considers your degree from said institution as inferior. For example, you go to an accredited “Christian” school to get a BA in counseling. Because you are attending an accredited school, you are getting a "watered down" Bible program, yet, to you this is better than going to a state institution. You graduate with a $15,000 debt over your head. With diploma in hand, you head into the job market expecting to get a job, but the very fact that you went to a "Christian" school, counts against you. The human resources person went to a state school and was taught that all Christians are fools and they are only buying into trouble by hiring someone who is so strongly Christian as to go to school at a “Christian” college. I can't say that it always happens, but I can certainly say that it does happen. So, here is my opinion in a “nut shell”. If you are planning for a secular degree, i.e. going to work in the secular world, enroll in a state school and use their Internet campus. Many if not most schools have an Internet campus. If you want a degree to work in the "Christian field", then consider a school like Andersonville or let me recommend a very little known school called Patriot University. They have gotten a really bad rap, but their courses are academically superior to most I have seen. I learned a great deal from them and I can very honestly say that their courses were more challenging than many, if not most, of the courses I took from accredited institutions. I hope this helps.
