The answer is actually yes, and getting a degree through distance education, as it was called when I got mine, and may still be called, has changed so much.  When I took my courses to be certified in Nutritional Counseling, there were no colleges nearby that gave degrees, and I was a Mom raising my children at home.  And home computers weren’t as prevalent as they are now, so everything was done by phone and mail, and yes, I did have textbooks.

There are courses that I have been thinking of taking recently, and have been browsing sites that offer online degrees, and have articles that are helpful in learning more about the way things work as far as getting a degree online. My daughter is taking such a course now, the biggest challenge is to be self-disciplined, as you are working at your own time and pace, which can have it’s advantages, but also disadvantages if you aren’t a self-motivated, self-disciplined person. I still have and refer to a few of the textbooks used in my studies.