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The state of Ohio excepts distance learning programs. It is a bit more challenging because I would have to set up my own internship but it can be done.
But why would you deliberately set yourself up for unemployment or underemployment? Sure, it sounds great, earning a doctorate mainly through reading and writing a lot in the evenings and teleconferencing with people while continuing to work your day job. Online programs like this recruit by flattering prospective students' "work experience" and so forth, but that is nothing more than a sales tactic to distract you from the fact that full-time, in-residence training at a reputable university-based program is qualitatively different from sacrificing your leisure time for a few years to do distance learning. If you spent a week in the life of a student in a quality I/O program and then went home to your laptop, you'd see what you'd be missing. I don't mean to sound dismissive, but investing years and dollars into a low-value degree is a very tough way to test your hypothesis.