I signed up for a law-over-internet school. I dropped it within 6 months - partly because I was unable to get any other students to turn up to study meetups, but mainly because the school's 'interactive' learning approach consisted of a book list, a to-do list to be completed at some point during the academic year (which consisted of nothing more than copying out a set of legal definitions from their study aid), and a couple of hours a week of Q&A that took place in a chat room that could only be accessed by an incredibly old and flaky edition of Blackboard software, and in which the Q&A was mostly from students to teacher. Going through a simple exam problem required a whole month.

I was (and reamin) furious with myself for dropping out, partly because it cost me a few thousand but mainly because I did and do love the subject and found the material itself easy and interesting - I am the sort of person who actually enjoys reading unabridged versions of judicial opinions and trying to 'reverse engineer' the judicial reasoning process. But I would have done just as well to purchase the books and sit at home reading them, the 'school' part of the experience was so bad that I actually felt more isolated than before I began. After attending a law student seminar where I was surrounded by hundreds of students from brick & mortar colleges my confidence took a complete nosedive and I stopped even logging on to the school's website.

I know someone who did, for nursing. It was more expensive, but much faster than going to a university. Gainfully employed since graduating five years ago, and was able to pay off the loans with the nursing salary after a couple years.

I have. I got my first job about a year in and finished up while I actually learned so much more and faster on the job. For the most part it worked out but the loans are ridiculous.

I went for programming. There were a few things that were nice like: learning about linux, learning some calculus, using different languages. There was a lot that was just dull or useless but given the range of people I'm sure someone did need to learn it.