Graduation is a moment to remember for a lifetime. Even more so when a student has four young children and lives nearly 200 miles away from campus.
That was the experience of Jessica Castillo, who celebrated commencement last month as part of the Online B.A. in Business Administration degree-completion program in Cal State Fullerton’s College of Business and Economics. Designed for nontraditional and working professionals, this fully online program opens doors of opportunity for students near and far who would otherwise be unable to earn their degree. Students can forgo worries about parking, commuting, and balancing work and school schedules while earning the same degree that makes the business Titan identity world-renowned.
Castillo’s collegiate journey began in 2005 at Bakersfield College, a community college in California’s Central Valley, after she earned her high school diploma.
“At the time, I had no clear direction for a career and dropped out after my first semester to focus on working,” said Castillo. “After nearly a decade in the workforce, I realized that advancing in my career would require further education.”
After realizing a bachelor’s degree was necessary and recognizing that attending in-person classes at Cal State Bakersfield wouldn’t be possible while raising a young family, Castillo selected a fully online program. That is what brought her to Cal State Fullerton’s business college.
In addition to the tireless support of her husband and mother-in-law, Castillo points to several unique and valuable benefits in the Online B.A. in Business Administration program that helped her and that she feels would be invaluable to others as well.
Read more about the benefits of the Online B.A. in Business Administration in CSUF Business News.