None of the universities in the area offer a technical writing degree. Would you recommend getting a degree online, or getting my masters from a university in professional writing and minor in a technical field (i.e. chemistry?)

I have not heard good stories so far about online universities (as far as finding a job when you graduate,) but I am also unsure if professional writing would qualify me for the technical writing jobs.

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