American Public University?

[Duneranger]

That's the thing with many online universities, people have a stigma that it's an 'easier' diploma vs a traditional institution as the content is all online or through MOOC... I would rather go to a public/state based institution that has online degrees, you're just also explaining to them these are offered online and not the butt-in-seat options.  I usually actually recommend public/state based institutions first and exclusively online institutions next for that very reason, to remove a partial obstacle (if any)... Further to that, public/state universities are recognized as higher learning institutions that provide a better education overall vs exclusively online institutions as most of them like APU to Walden are all for profit entities... It really depends on the student, I would again, go for public/state first, private non-profit second, exclusively online third...

You get a penalty for being an 'online' student at a traditional university.
Your employer may contact you thinking that you're from that traditional university but later find that you're an online student & never attended the university in person.
Then he starts to think that you're a liar.

I want to get rid of that confusion and make sure that I get a degree from 100% online institution that doesn't offer any in-person class.

An online degree should come from an entirely online institution to be valid.

I don't think is a prevalent or common view at all.  At least not in recent years. Being from a BM program makes the degree much more credible.

Now if you attended schools like Harvard Extension or UA Global and tried to pass them off as degrees from the actual BM programs, then I get how that could be an issue.