As higher education institutions continue to integrate online education into their curricula, different cultural perspectives on the value of online versus face-to-face education will undoubtedly have an impact on continued proliferation. For example, some nations believe online education is inferior to traditional education and will not accept credentials acquired through online education (Asunka, 2008). Unfortunately, research on this topic is currently lacking. Similar to another study of business students perceptions (Fish & Snodgrass, 2014), this project proposes to study a sample of international students to examine differences in perceptions between online and face-to-face education. Perceptions are explored with respect to student characteristics (such as age, gender or familiarity with online courses) and program characteristics (such as the amount of rigor or the ease of cheating). Results have implications for administrators and instructors especially as US institutions endeavor to attract new international students to their online programs.