University of Phoenix and DeVry are two of the most heavily marketed and well-known schools offering online degree programs. University of Phoenix, at Phoenix.edu, draws over 3 million visitors per month and has experienced a 168% increase in site traffic over the past year (as reported by compete.com).

Related to this increase in online education are some recent transactions of high quality domain names. It appears several entities are actively accumulating premium education domains. Within past months, these sales have occurred …

• Degree.info ($1170)
• MastersDegree.com ($48,000)
• BachelorsDegree.com ($62,500)
• PsychologyDegree.com ($25,000)
• BusinessAdministrationDegree.com ($2800)

These are all very nice quality names that can become popular education portals. Increasing numbers of people are looking to further their education, and the internet is the perfect vehicle for accomplishing this goal while still working & raising a family. Not to mention the pure convenience of studying from home which many of us have been doing for years.

Additional education domains recently sold include: CounselingDegree.com ($11,000) and Degree.TV ($325) which appears to have been a huge bargain given its development potential and media-centric .TV focus. Many online schools provide live online classroom instruction as well as mentoring, advising, and tutoring via webcam. .TV fits very well with this type of model.

Education Domains (currently available): Knowledge.info and Sciences.US