Within business, the most popular degrees include business administration and management, accounting...

1. U.S. News Releases Ranking Of Best Online College
Programs For 2014
Within business, the most popular degrees include business administration and management,
accounting and finance.
The online bachelor's rankings saw significant changes as a result of the updated methodology and
the higher number of programs evaluated. These changes are the primary factors behind why
schools moved up and down in the rankings.
For the first time, all six rankings include peer review data based on schools' evaluations of each
other. 4 last year to a tie at No. Central Michigan University moved up from No. John's University,
which was ranked first last year, placed fifth.
Nursing (master's): St. "It's just not possible to fit on-campus courses into their schedules and online
learning helps them fit it in."
To help students make smart decisions about their online education, U.S. 39 last year to tie for first
place with SUNY College of Technology--Delhi, which did not submit data to U.S. While that student
was once full-time, young and financially dependent on loans or other support, today he or she is
more likely to be part-time, older and working, according to the National Center for Education
Statistics.
"Students today are doing more than one thing," says Karen VanGorder, director of online learning
and credit programs at Indiana University-Purdue University--Fort Wayne, a school that offers
several online bachelor's programs. The new rankings also give greater weight to one-year retention
rates, graduation rates and required time to graduate. Pace University, which earned the highest
distinction last year, tied for third with Pennsylvania State University--World Campus. Among the big
movers in this category was James Madison University, which rose from 49th place to a tie for the
No. Boston University tied with Virginia Tech for second place. Now in their third year, the rankings
cover online bachelor's degrees and online master's degrees in engineering, business, education,
nursing and computer information technology.
[Learn how to tell whether an online program is accredited.]
Nearly 1,000 distance education programs submitted a completed U.S. The rankings are the only
ones published that compare data of online degree programs rather than the schools that offer them.
The methodologies behind this year's rankings changed significantly to reflect additional data and
statistical processes used to do the calculations. Medical University of South Carolina placed second,
followed by the University of Massachusetts--Amherst, George Washington University and East
Carolina University.
Trying to fund your online education? Get tips and more in the U.S. "You have to be so disciplined
and organized. Westfield State University went from No. 1 on the list of online graduate programs in
computer information technology. 3 spot. News has released the 2014 Best Online Programs
rankings. St. Experts and online students say online education is just as hard - if not harder - than
work in an on-campus program.

2. "People say it's easy, but that's so far from the truth," says Billie Jo Parker, a 45-year-old woman
earning her bachelor's degree at Central Michigan University, which tied for the No. News for the
2013 rankings. News questionnaire during the summer of 2013, up from 860 programs the previous
year. Arizona State University's Carey School of Business was second on the list, followed by the
University of Florida Hough Graduate School of Business. North Carolina State University and
Syracuse University were ranked fourth and fifth, respectively.
Education (master's): Northern Illinois University earned the distinction of the best online master's
in education program, followed by Indiana University--Bloomington. 1 spot among the online
bachelor's programs. I am tired of coming home, doing dishes and doing homework."
Below is a sampling of some of the top online programs this year.
Bachelor's: Most online undergraduate students study business, according to a June 2013 report by
Learning House. Selectivity has less weight in some of the master's disciplines and again is not a
ranking factor used in the online bachelor's programs rankings, since most online undergraduate
programs don't require standardized test scores or high school transcripts.
[Discover the Best Online Bachelor's Programs.]
While students don't necessarily need straight A's to get into a top online education program, that
doesn't mean they should discount the difficulty of the course work. Only degree-granting programs
offering courses entirely online were considered. 1 on the list of online graduate business degree
programs, moving up from third place last year. 9 spot with Quinnipiac University and Temple
University.
[Explore the Best Online Business Programs.]
Engineering (master's): Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied
Science earned the highest distinction among online graduate engineering programs. Central
Michigan University and University of Houston tied for the No. News Paying for Online Education
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Business (master's): Indiana University--Bloomington Kelley School of Business was ranked No.

3. One of the biggest changes to higher education
in recent years has been the evolving profile of
the average college student. Xavier University
earned first place in the rankings of online
nursing master's programs, unseating Ferris
State University, which previously held the top
spot. 32 this year, while Graceland University
fell from fifth to a tie at No. The Henry Samueli
School of Engineering and Applied Science at
the University of California--Los Angeles came
in second, followed by the engineering
program at the University of Wisconsin--Madison, which placed third.
Computer Information Technology (master's): The University of Southern California once again
placed No