Is it possible to 'hide' a degree?

[icampy]

I work with lots of other folks that work on rockets and rocket engines....a big ol chunk of them do not have degrees (me either). Of course, most gained experience in the Space Shuttle program and smaller vehicle programs/missile programs/military....but some are hired for their experience in non-aerospace areas, if they "fit". Lots of folks in non "engineering" positions have degrees from all over the board, including some for-profits and NA schools. Lots of folks in the business department, IT department, manufacturing department, test department have UOP and similar degrees, some COSC and TESC, some no degrees....this includes plenty of management positions, too. We are all doing quite fine. Go get experience at whatever you want to do, get good at what you do, and start sending out resumes.

Internships and experience are huge in aerospace. You will be lucky to find any engineers without multiple internships (if not tons of experience) with big name companies before they got hired. Lots of engineers get hired quickly after school, all will have multiple meaningful internships, and attended schools with a football team you have heard of. But for everyone else, the thousand other kinds of positions, you could have a Yale or a UOP degree and it will not make a difference.

But worrying about a degree from any RA program, b&m or online, is ridiculous.....except for engineering, non entry-level medical field, etc. It will always matter to someone, but there are plenty more that it does not matter to. Keep applying to places until you find the ones it does not matter to (which is most of them). Don't worry so much. Find out what you want to do, look on indeed, monster, linkedin, etc and see what is required for those positions...then do what they require. And gain experience any way you can.