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 [...]

For financially needy students attending both traditional and online schools, financial aid plays a significant role in their likeliness to enroll and persist with their efforts to get a degree. Several studies have shown that the availability of federal and institutional aid directly effects the enrollment rates and persistence of financially needy students.

Online Schools’ Financial [...]