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Distance learning, online Degrees and Online Universities are
a growing force in the education realm. There are now hundreds
of colleges and universities that offer accredited online degrees
with affordable tuition and top rated teachers.
The Top rates online Universities in the US:
- University of Phoenix
- Strayer University
- Kaplan University
- Argosy University
- Capella University
- DeVry University
- Walden University
- Westwood College
- Ashford College
- Colorado Technical Institute
- Baker University Online
- University System of Maryland
- Mountain State University
However, parents closely watch the quality of the local schools their children attend before it is time to go off to college. This is because a good education is of course a key to doing well in our economy. However, there other groups that might be interested in a school's performance. One of the primary groups is property owners. The point here is that if you own property in a county then in most cases the children are going to go to the county school system. Then as a property owner, the value of your property will be in part affected by how good the schools are perceived to be. That means, if your local schools are perceived to be better than average, that actually is going to have a positive affect on property values in the county, because more people want to live in that county and send their kids to the good schools.
Naturally, the opposite holds true if the schools are perceived to be not as good. That will have an adverse affect on property values because not as many people will want to raise their children there.
This relationship between property values and the impact of the value of local schools has been demonstrated time and time again in numerous economic studies. It is one reason why you often see property owners being very concerned about the local quality of schools.
Time will tell if the trend to Distance Education at online Universities will have an impact on this trend.
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