Data Science: There are a lot of online programs. From a hiring perspective, what are the most highly regarded?

A real PhD degree or real world experience. Online courses are worthless from hiring perspective, they're more for you to learn

Agree - no points for online programs. I hire MS/PhD degrees in DS / similar. I give half credit for (Galvanize or MS CS) + some legit DS projects (e.g. winning Kaggle competitions).

Most highly regarded is experience with business impact