A degree is a degree, online or not. The value of a degree is that it teaches you theoretical concepts you can use on the job and it's a permission slip to ente

A degree is a degree, online or not. The value of a degree is that it teaches you theoretical concepts you can use on the job and it's a permission slip to enter industry and go into a career. Go to a reputable university, I'm going to a state college to get my online masters. State colleges are generally cheaper than private universities and are generally seen by industry as "good". There are some drawbacks with online though. You need to be very motivated compared to traditional students. University professors don't consider online students first class citizens either, emailing them is your only viable communication method and it's easy to ignore emails. Regarding degree choice, you don't need CS to do web development. You could definitely learn HTML, CSS and JS with tutorials online. I think webdev is more of a marketing and customer interaction oriented profession than it is technical, so business would serve you better there. CS will teach you higher level computing concepts that will go far beyond web development. Management of Information Systems is another option you may want to look into because it's a technical degree taught in business colleges. Regardless, the best time to have planted this tree was 4 years ago, the next best time is now.