New Jersey colleges’ online programs rate high in US News rankings

David Hutter//January 15, 2020//

New Jersey colleges’ online programs rate high in US News rankings

David Hutter//January 15, 2020//

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U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday announced the 2020 Best Online Programs rankings for adults interested in furthering their education.  The rankings evaluate more than 1,600 distance education bachelor’s and master’s degree programs. The master’s programs include seven disciplines, such as nursing, business and engineering.

U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 list placed Rutgers University-New Brunswick in the No. 39 spot for online Bachelor’s programs, but New Jersey schools made a number of appearances throughout the online evaluations. Below we have listed where the New Jersey institutions fell on each of their category lists.

Bachelor’s programs

No 39 – Rutgers University-New Brunswick

No. 80 – Berkeley College

No. 260 (tie) Rider University and Rowan University

Nursing programs

No. 17 – Seton Hall University

No. 113 – Felician University

No. 132  – Monmouth University

MBA programs

No. 40 – Stevens Institute of Technology

No. 69 – Rutgers University-Camden

No. 88 – Montclair State University

No. 112 – New Jersey Institute of Technology Martin Tuchman School of Management

No. 169 – Rowan University

Graduate Business programs

No. 22 –  Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Newark

No. 25 – Stevens Institute of Technology

No. 82 – New Jersey Institute of Technology Martin Tuchman School of Management

No. 120 – Rider University

No. 131 – Fairleigh Dickinson University

Graduate criminal justice programs

No. 17 –  College of St. Elizabeth

No. 57 – Rowan University

Graduate education programs

No. 25 –  Montclair State University

No. 96 – Rutgers University-New Brunswick

No. 202 – Monmouth University

No. 215 – Rowan University

No. 226 – Centenary University

Graduate engineering programs

No. 21 – Stevens Institute of Technology

No. 53 – New Jersey Institute of Technology

No. 74 – Rowan University

Graduate information technology programs

No. 7 – Stevens Institute of Technology

No. 34 – New Jersey Institute of Technology Ying Wu College of Computing

No. 45 – Montclair State University