It all depends on the school you go to. There are some online schools that will offer a degree, but no one will really recognize it. Online classes can be as beneficially as taking classes on campus as long as people (meaning future employers) are going to recognize the work you did. I did an online RN-BSN program from the University of Delaware. My degree will just say BSN and nothing on it will say online. The only way anyone will know it was online would be to look at my transcripts and they would see that the classes were online. The teachers that teach the online courses also teach the on campus courses. If you decide you want to do an online program, just be sure to research the school you are choosing to go to before paying any money to them.