Can anyone benefit from an unaccredited degree?
The unaccredited option may work for people who really don’t need a degree, but rather want one, either for self satisfaction (“validating my life’s work” is a phrase we hear often), or to give themselves a marketing edge. One large subset of satisfied unaccredited degree-users, for instance, are therapists, who typically need only a Master’s degree for their state license. But they feel that if they have a Ph.D., and use that title in their advertising, they will have an edge over competitors without the doctorate. The same is the case with owners or executives of small businesses. A real estate agent with an MBA or a business planner with a doctorate in finance, may get more clients because of the higher degree, and indeed may have additional useful knowledge.
