AUBURN, Alabama -- The online graduate programs in Auburn University's College of Education and Samuel Ginn College of Engineering have been named honor roll programs in the U.S. News and World Report's first Top Online Education Program rankings.
According to a release from the university, those named to the honor roll ranked in the top third among their peers in four categories: student services and technology, faculty credentials and training, teaching practices and student engagement, and admissions selectivity. There were no numeric rankings for overall program quality this year.
Online graduate programs in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering earned a number one ranking in admissions selectivity and a number five ranking in the student services and technology category. The college's programs were listed as 14th in the faculty credentials and training and teaching practices and student engagement categories.
Online graduate programs in the College of Education ranked highest in the teaching practices and student engagement category, coming in fifth, and were ranked 12th in the student services and technology and faculty credentials and training categories. The college's programs were listed 17th in admissions selectivity.
"While the honor roll does not rank the institutions, our college did have the fifth-best score in the category of teaching practices and student engagement," Betty Lou Whitford, dean of the College of Education, said in the announcement. "We're quite proud of this since both components are at the core of what we do."
While not being named to the honor roll, Auburn's College of Business' online graduate programs earned a high ranking in the admissions selectivity category, coming in at number six.
In order to be considered for the rankings, online degree programs had to offer at least 80 percent of their course content online. U.S. News established one honor roll for each online master's degree program in education, engineering, business and nursing.
Source: http://blog.al.com/montgomery/2012/01/auburn_university_online_gradu.html
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