Well, it wouldn’t be the end of the year without a countdown. Interestingly, despite the fact that OnlineDegreeFinder is a website about online education and degrees, the topics most on readers’ minds in 2009 were in-demand careers and how to pay for college.

In descending order, the top 5 OnlineDegreeFinder blog posts were:

Number 5: 3 Cool Communications Careers

Number 4: Starting Salaries of 4 High Demand Health Care Jobs

Number 3: Online Degree Costs vs. Campus Degree Costs

Number 2: Things Online Students Should Know About Pell Grants

And the Number 1 OnlineDegreeFinder blog post of 2009 was…

Number 1: Class Discussion: Is It OK to Require University Students to Weigh In Before They Get Out?

Here’s to 2010 and a year of positive evolution in the world of online degrees. As the changing economy propels students to consider new strategies for college and work, we’re sure to see further development and debate in the online education community.

But no one has all the answers to the question of higher education in the 21st century, so we here at the OnlineDegreeFinder Blog invite readers to share their personal online degree experiences, ideas, and suggestions with us and each other next year. We’ll back on Monday, January 4th.