Religious Colleges

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I don't think either situation would be a problem for me as a student. My concern is how these schools are viewed by the public. Do people realize that these are academic programs with a superficial sprinkle of religion, or do they imagine that they are religious programs with a superficial sprinkle of academics?

This is definitely something to ponder. Are they well known schools? Has the general public heard of them? Or are they unknown where you live? No one here has heard of UMPI but they've heard of the University of Maine. I really did look for schools that were kind of unknown to most people because I didn't want to attend schools who are surrounded in various controversies like U of Phoenix, Capella, Liberty, etc. I have also avoided schools with online in their name. No one would know I completed my undergrad online unless they asked me. Same with my grad degree that I'm now working on. There's still that negative reputation for online degrees which I hope improves with the remote learning that was forced on people. Remote learning is not the same as an online degree program which took years to develop so I hope people begin to understand this. I worked harder in my online courses than I did on campus.