{"id":26099,"date":"2016-11-09T08:02:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T14:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=26099"},"modified":"2016-11-09T08:02:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T14:02:04","slug":"website-ranks-bemidji-states-online-programs-third-best-in-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2016\/11\/09\/website-ranks-bemidji-states-online-programs-third-best-in-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"Website Ranks Bemidji State&#8217;s Online Programs Third-Best in Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ&rsquo;s online programs have been named third-best in the state of Minnesota, based on factors including availability, degrees offered, cost and passing rate, by Affordable Colleges Online.<\/p>\n<p>The site&rsquo;s &ldquo;Best Online Colleges In Minnesota For 2016-2017&rdquo; used data gathered on Minnesota&rsquo;s higher education institutions meant to assess quality, services, a range of subjects and resources.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ&rsquo;s Online Programs<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bemidji State offers seven majors and seven minors completely online, including online degree-completion programs designed for students who already have the equivalent of their first two years of college completed or transferring at least 24 college credits. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ uses D2L Brightspace as an interactive software program that allows the use of a personal computer to receive and submit assignments, work in groups, explore advanced learning options and interact with instructors and other distance learners.<\/p>\n<p>Bemidji State&rsquo;s online programs give students the same opportunities to participate in class discussions, post assignments and receive feedback from professors that they would have on campus. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ&rsquo;s Center for Extended Learning is dedicated to assisting off-campus students, beginning with the the application process and connecting them with the programs and services they may need.<\/p>\n<h5>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Affordable Colleges Online<\/h5>\n<p>Affordable Colleges Online creates in-depth resources that address topics, questions and concerns related to higher education with an eye on affordability and accreditation. Resources include comprehensive guidebooks, student interviews, user-friendly search tools, federal datasets and other materials created and vetted by experts in their fields. The site&rsquo;s rankings of online programs required that institutions meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accredited public or private not-for-profit institution located in the state<\/li>\n<li>Four-year institutions must offer at least three online bachelor&rsquo;s degree programs<\/li>\n<li>Four-year institutions must offer annual in-state tuition and fees below $25,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Links <\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Center for Extended Learning: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/distance\/\">https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/distance\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Affordable Colleges Online&rsquo;s &ldquo;Best Online Colleges In Minnesota For 2016-2017&rdquo; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.affordablecollegesonline.org\/online-colleges\/minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">http:\/\/www.affordablecollegesonline.org\/online-colleges\/minnesota\/<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Contacts<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Lynn Johnson, director, Center for Extended Learning; 218-755-2068, <a href=\"mailto:ljohnson@bemidjistate.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ljohnson@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24884 alignright img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175.jpg\" alt=\"MN State logo 100x175\" width=\"100\" height=\"175\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175-e1539967051802.jpg\"><\/a>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ<\/b>, located in northern Minnesota&rsquo;s lake district, occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. A member of the colleges and universities of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnscu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Minnesota State<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>, Bemidji State offers more than 80 undergraduate majors and 11 graduate degrees encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. Bemidji State has an enrollment of more than 5,100 students and a faculty and staff of more than 550. University signature themes include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and global and multi-cultural understanding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"smaller\" style=\"text-align: right\">2017-B-L-035<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ&#8217;s online programs have been named third-best in the state of Minnesota, based on factors including availability, degrees offered, cost and passing rate, by Affordable Colleges Online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":188,"featured_media":26100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[681,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-updates","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26099"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26102,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26099\/revisions\/26102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}