How Minnesota colleges fared in the U.S. News ranking of online programs

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This week U.S. News & World Report released its first rankings of online programs — both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

The magazine ranked schools overall and in three areas: faculty credentials and training; student engagement and assessment; and student services and technology.

You can read more about the methodology here.

As usual, take it with a grain of salt, and please let me know if I’ve missed anything.

Bemidji State University
Bachelor’s programs
#148 Student Engagement and Assessment
#155 Student Services and Technology

Bethel University
Graduate programs
#37 Faculty Credentials and Training
#89 Student Engagement and Accreditation
#96 Student Services and Technology

College of St. Scholastica
Graduate programs
#108 Student Engagement and Accreditation
#51 Student Services and Technology

Concordia University – St. Paul
Bachelor’s programs
#153 Student Engagement and Assessment
#157 Student Services and Technology

Graduate programs – Business
#144 Student Engagement and Accreditation
#150 Student Services and Technology

Graduate programs – Education
#105 Student Engagement and Accreditation
#144 Student Services and Technology

Crown College
Bachelor’s programs
#158 Student Engagement and Assessment
#130 Student Services and Technology

Graduate programs – Business
#149 Student Engagement and Accreditation
#153 Student Services and Technology

Graduate programs – Education
#139 Student Engagement and Accreditation
#141 Student Services and Technology

Hamline University
Graduate programs – Education
#85 Student Engagement and Accreditation
#30 Student Services and Technology

Metropolitan State University
Graduate programs – Business
#152 Student Engagement and Accreditation
#125 Student Services and Technology

Minnesota State University – Mankato
Bachelor’s programs
#148 Student Engagement and Assessment
#20 Student Services and Technology

St. Catherine University
Graduate programs – Education
#67 Faculty Credentials and Training
#123 Student Engagement and Accreditation
#59 Student Services and Technology

University of Minnesota – Crookston
Bachelor’s programs
#32 Student Engagement and Assessment
#40 Student Services and Technology

Walden University
Graduate programs – Business
#45 Faculty Credentials and Training
#64 Student Engagement and Accreditation
#40 Student Services and Technology

Graduate programs – Education
#44 Faculty Credentials and Training
#103 Student Engagement and Accreditation
#43 Student Services and Technology

Graduate programs – Nursing
#25 Admissions Selectivity
#11 Faculty Credentials and Training
#9 Student Engagement and Accreditation
#32 Student Services and Technology