When you’re getting your degree online, it can quickly start to feel as if you’re all alone.  It’s easy to feel cut off from your classmates, your professors, and the campus environment as a whole.  After all, you study from home, right?  It definitely takes some extra effort on the school’s part to offer support and make their students feel connected.

Hodges University is one of those rare schools that go the extra mile for their students, even the ones who are getting their degree online.

For instance, Hodges University offers all students free counseling services if they need it.  The school employees a full time licensed mental health professional to provide assistance when needed.

The university also strongly suggests students take part in their mentorship program.  Hodges University feels that mentoring can be a valuable resource, and all students have the opportunity to be mentored by a staff administrator, faculty member, alumni, or staff advisor.

There is also a crisis intervention program in place.  If a student is experiencing a sudden, stressful situation, counselors are in place that will assist them in dealing with the situation short-term.  Their goal is to get the student back to a functioning level so they can provide coping skills for the long-term.

Hodges also provides all their students with a peer tutoring program through their Academic Advising office.  And this applies to in-person students, as well as virtual students.

And, that’s not all.  Hodges University also wants to help you find a job once you’re done with school, even if you’re an online student.  Their Career Development center can help in several ways.  They can provide you with one-on-one counseling, they can administer a career assessment using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test, they assist with networking, resumes, job search, and cover letters, in addition to giving you access to their job placement database.

This school proves, by their actions, that their students come first.  And all of these services are available to their online students as well.

Hodges University is based in Florida.  They offer 12 associate degrees, 11 Bachelor degrees, and 7 master degrees, 11 of these which can be obtained online.

The Hodges library is great for distance-learning students.  They have over 38,000 printed volumes, but over 50,000 e-books.  This means if you need to access the library for research, you literally have tens of thousands of books at your disposal.

Hodges University has a long list of accreditations and licensure.  For instance, they’re accredited with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education, and the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.

Attending Hodges University means that you’ll get support and advice from your first day well through your last.  This is definitely a school where students come first, and Hodges is committed to making sure you succeed and realize your dreams.