{"id":1926,"date":"2022-01-25T09:30:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T17:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2024-04-02T13:40:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T20:40:30","slug":"best-online-bachelors-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/best-online-bachelors-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon State earns another top-5 national ranking for online education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intrinsic-container intrinsic-container-16x9\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"744\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rnNJXHIvi1I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><em>Jan. 25, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CORVALLIS, Ore. \u2014 Oregon State University has been ranked one of the nation\u2019s five best providers of online education for the fourth consecutive year by U.S. News &amp; World Report, judged on the strength of its faculty and the distance learning opportunities they deliver.<\/p>\n<p>The annual report released today ranks Oregon State Ecampus No. 5 out of nearly 400 higher education institutions in the category of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/online-education\/bachelors\/rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Online Bachelor\u2019s Programs<\/a>. OSU has placed in the nation\u2019s top 10 each year since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The publication includes four additional top-25 rankings for Oregon State:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No. 2 \u2014 Best Online Psychology Bachelor\u2019s Programs.<\/li>\n<li>No. 4 \u2014 Best Online Business Bachelor\u2019s Programs.<\/li>\n<li>No. 13 \u2014 Best Online Bachelor\u2019s Programs for Veterans.<\/li>\n<li>No. 24 \u2014 Best Online Master\u2019s in Engineering Programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textBox\" style=\"width: 20%;\">\n<h4>MEDIA CONTACT<\/h4>\n<p><a title=\"Send an email to Tyler Hansen, OSU Ecampus senior writer and communications manager\" href=\"mailto:tyler.hansen@oregonstate.edu\">Tyler Hansen<\/a><br \/>\n541-737-5740<\/p>\n<h4>SOURCE<\/h4>\n<p><a title=\"Send an email to Lisa L. Templeton, OSU Ecampus associate provost\" href=\"mailto:lisa.l.templeton@oregonstate.edu\">Lisa L. Templeton<\/a><br \/>\n541-737-1279<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Oregon State Ecampus works with more than 1,000 OSU faculty members to develop and deliver courses online. Those efforts reach Ecampus students in all 50 states and more than 60 countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud that Oregon State\u2019s distance students have access to the same rigorous degree programs and can learn online from the same expert faculty as OSU\u2019s on-campus students,\u201d said Ecampus Associate Provost Lisa L. Templeton. \u201cBroad access to high-quality online learning opportunities is important now more than ever. We\u2019re pleased to share this national recognition with the entire Oregon State community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. News &amp; World Report evaluates online bachelor\u2019s programs on four factors: student engagement; faculty credentials and training; services and technologies; and expert opinion. Overall, Oregon State scored 97 points out of 100 and ranked among the nation\u2019s best in terms of faculty expertise and Ecampus\u2019 ability to prepare those instructors to teach online.<\/p>\n<p>The student engagement factor centers on interactions with instructors and classmates. Ecampus classes also emphasize interaction with the course content. One example involves students collecting soil samples in their local area and analyzing them using at-home lab kits sent by Oregon State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019ve enjoyed most about the online coursework is that there were so many opportunities for hands-on experiences,\u201d said Mayra Radzinski, a natural resources major in central Texas. \u201cWhen I started I was like, \u2018I don&#8217;t see how in the world I&#8217;m going to possibly learn about something that&#8217;s so tangible \u2014\u00a0soil, water.\u2019 I was really impressed with the labs and the projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2020-21, Ecampus served more than 12,000 individual students exclusively online. Among those who enrolled, more than 8,500, or nearly 70%, were pursuing an Oregon State bachelor\u2019s degree online.<\/p>\n<p>That includes Geoff Boldt, an economics student in southern Oregon who works in real estate appraisal. He says his online studies through OSU Ecampus benefit him in real time as he works to build a career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m actively working in a field that uses my future degree, and I\u2019m able to apply what I\u2019m learning online immediately. This helps me understand how relevant the material is and makes the classes that much more interesting,\u201d said Boldt, who expects to graduate later this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-30-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Oregon State University Ecampus:\u00a0<\/strong>As a leader in online education, Oregon State Ecampus provides access to exceptional learning experiences that transform the lives of students in Oregon and around the world. OSU Ecampus delivers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs and over 1,600 classes online and in a hybrid format. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/\">ecampus.oregonstate.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute read<\/span><\/span>Oregon State University has been ranked one of the nation\u2019s five best providers of online education for the fourth consecutive year by U.S. News &#038; World Report, judged on the strength of its faculty and the distance learning opportunities they deliver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,6,2,676],"tags":[261,21,316],"class_list":["post-1926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-awards","category-ecampus","category-in-the-news","category-why-osu","tag-economics","tag-natural-resources","tag-u-s-news-and-world-report"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/sign-entrance-reser-stadium.jpg?fit=1440%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BNSE-v4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1100,"url":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/oregon-state-online-top-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":1926,"position":0},"title":"Oregon State online bachelor&#8217;s programs ranked 3rd in the nation by U.S. News","author":"Tyler Hansen","date":"January 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Oregon State University\u2019s place among the nation\u2019s best providers of online education has inched closer to the pinnacle amid the release of new rankings by U.S. News & World Report. 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