  {"id":13062,"date":"2014-01-08T09:09:23","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T15:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bemidjistate.edu\/bsutoday\/?p=13062"},"modified":"2021-11-01T15:05:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:05:37","slug":"online-undergrad-programs-ranked-in-us-news-top-tier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2014\/01\/08\/online-undergrad-programs-ranked-in-us-news-top-tier\/","title":{"rendered":"Online undergrad programs ranked in US News top tier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ&rsquo;s&nbsp;online bachelor&rsquo;s degree programs&nbsp;have been ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.<\/p>\n<p>Bemidji State&rsquo;s online bachelor&rsquo;s degree programs received a score of 42 in the publication&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/online-education\/articles\/2014\/01\/08\/us-news-releases-2014-best-online-programs-rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">2014 Best Online Bachelor&rsquo;s Program rankings<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>, tied for 194th nationally with seven other institutions. The rankings included a total of 210 institutions with another 68 schools listed with rankings not published.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This ranking reflects the quality of our online programs, particularly the credentials of our faculty and the support our students receive,&rdquo; said Lynn Johnson, director of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ&rsquo;s Center for Extended Learning. &ldquo;Online courses at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ offer the same quality standards in faculty and curriculum as you find in a traditional classroom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Long considered one of the state&rsquo;s leaders in the delivery of online education, Bemidji State is one of three public universities from Minnesota to appear in the rankings. The others:<br>\n&bull;&nbsp;University of Minnesota-Crookston, tied for 69th<br>\n&bull;&nbsp;University of Minnesota, tied for 160th<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Minnesota State University, Mankato appeared in the group of schools whose rankings were not published.<\/p>\n<p>Other Minnesota institutions to make the list include Concordia University, St. Paul (tied for 56th) and Crown College (rank not published).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bemidji State&rsquo;s online undergraduate programs<\/strong><br>\nBemidji State offers nearly a dozen online undergraduate degree programs, including bachelor of applied science degrees in applied engineering and technology management; bachelor of science degrees in accounting, business administration, criminal justice, elementary education, marketing communication and social work; bachelor of science and bachelor of arts degrees in psychology; and an RN-to-baccalaureate degree completion program in nursing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online graduate education programs also listed<\/strong><br>\nBemidji State&rsquo;s online graduate program in education was listed among the group of schools whose rankings were not published in the U.S. News 2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/online-education\/education?int=7b78c2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Best Online Graduate Education Programs rankings<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>, also announced today. That list ranked 170 institutions and included an additional 56 schools whose rankings were not published. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ was one of seven Minnesota institutions to appear in the online graduate listing; four of those seven were among the 170 ranked programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Methodology<\/strong><br>\nThe 2014 edition of U.S. News&rsquo; Best Online Bachelor&rsquo;s Program rankings compile weighted scores in four primary areas &mdash; student engagement, faculty credentials and training, peer reputation, and student services and technology &mdash; to determine an overall score. Those overall scores were then rescaled so that the top-scoring school received a score of 100 and the bottom-scoring school received a score of zero. Scores were also rounded to whole-integer values.<\/p>\n<p>A complete examination of the methodology used to compile this year&rsquo;s rankings, which includes the sub-categories used to measure each of the four primary areas used in the rankings, is available at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/online-education\/articles\/2014\/01\/07\/about-the-top-online-education-programs-rankings-2014?int=151fce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">U.S. News &amp; World Report website<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/ljohnson\">Lynn Johnson<\/a>, director of extended learning; (218) 755-2068<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Links<br>\n<\/b><\/span>&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/distance\/\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Extended Learning<br>\n<\/a>&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/online-education\/articles\/2014\/01\/08\/us-news-releases-2014-best-online-programs-rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">U.S. News Best Online Programs 2014<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><br>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/online-education\/bachelors\/rankings?int=851316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Best Online Bachelor&rsquo;s Programs 2014<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><br>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/online-education\/education?int=7b78c2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Best Online Graduate Education Programs 2014<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><br>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/online-education\/articles\/2014\/01\/07\/about-the-top-online-education-programs-rankings-2014?int=151fce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Ranking Methodology<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ&rsquo;s&nbsp;online bachelor&rsquo;s degree programs&nbsp;have been ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. Bemidji State&rsquo;s online bachelor&rsquo;s degree programs received a score of 42 in the publication&rsquo;s 2014 Best Online Bachelor&rsquo;s Program rankings, tied for 194th nationally with seven other institutions. 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