Online learning opens so many doors to students seeking a college degree, from those seeking a work-life balance to those seeking more freedom in their schedule. At SUNY, we have more than 750 fully online programs available among our 64 colleges and universities, and in the most recent edition, the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings, many SUNY schools and their programs were represented among the best in the country.
In compiling these rankings, U.S. News & World Report chose factors that weigh how these programs are being delivered and their effectiveness at awarding affordable degrees in a reasonable amount of time. The methodology includes:
- Engagement (35%): Participation in courses that allows students opportunities to readily interact with their instructors and classmates, as is possible in a campus-based setting. In turn, instructors not only are accessible and responsive, but they also are tasked with helping to create an experience rewarding enough that students stay enrolled and complete their degrees in a reasonable amount of time.
- Services and Technologies (25%): Programs that incorporate diverse online learning technologies allow greater flexibility for students to take classes from a distance. Outside of classes, strong support structures provide learning assistance, career guidance and financial aid resources commensurate with quality campus-based programs.
- Faculty Credentials and Training (20%): Strong online programs employ instructors with academic credentials that mirror those of instructors for campus-based programs, and they have the resources to train these instructors to teach distance learners.
- Peer Assessment (20%): A survey of high-ranking academic officials helps account for intangible factors affecting program quality that are not captured by statistics. Also, employers may hold in high regard degrees earned from programs that academics respect.
SUNY has the largest online catalog of courses and programs offered at NY colleges, so their is a very good opportunity to find one that works for you. See what SUNY schools and programs made it into the 2023 Best Online Programs ranking lists by U.S. News & World Report:
Best Online Bachelor’s Programs
- University at Buffalo (25)
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute
- SUNY Canton
- SUNY Oswego
- University at Albany
- SUNY Delhi
- SUNY ESF
- Alfred State
- SUNY Plattsburgh
Best Online MBA Programs
- SUNY Oswego
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Best Graduate Business Programs
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute (33)
- Stony Brook University
Best Graduate Education Programs
- University at Albany (4)
- SUNY Oneonta
- Stony Brook University
- SUNY Oswego
Best Graduate Information Technology Programs
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute College of Engineering
Best Graduate Nursing Programs
- Stony Brook University (8)
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (53)
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute
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