It's the biggest hurdle to reaching your career goals with an online degree: potential employers not taking the degree seriously. Thanks to "diploma mills" and unethical online businesses, this often happened in the past.

But with so many schools, both online and 'real world,' offering online degree options all the way through the Ph.D. level, your degree will get the respect it deserves. Definitely good news.

We spoke with a lead recruiter at Wells Fargo about how employers might perceive online degrees.

"I think ten or 15 years ago anything that was new or different was met with skepticism and I don't think that is necessarily the case anymore. In 2007, I think online degrees are a viable degree," Pat Sherry said.

"There are very, very few institutions out there that do not have some sort of online program, some sort of emphasis in continuing education or in a particular field so increasingly it is becoming more accepted and our learners are winning great jobs," Capella University Provost Karen Viechnicki said.