January 26, US. News has released its 2021 Ranking of america's Best Online Courses.

This year marks the tenth year that US.News has published its online course ranking list, with a record number of schools and programs evaluated. The 2021 list includes a total of 1,641 master's and undergraduate programs in the areas of computer information technology, MBA, non-MBA business, education, engineering, nursing, criminal justice/criminology, and more. This year two new rankings for popular majors, namely business and psychology undergraduate online courses, have been added.

so, which schools are on the list for online courses? let's take a look.

1. best online bachelor's degree program

The list is a comprehensive ranking of undergraduate programs, and at the top of the list is a lesser-known institution, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, located in Florida.

the university of illinois in chicago ranked second, followed by the university of florida with third place. ohio state university, which ranked first last year, tied for fourth with oregon state this year.

the top 10 schools also include:

arizona state university (#6)

university of arizona (#7)

state university of new york at buffalo (#8)

CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SPS COLLEGE (#8)

university of georgia (#10)

in addition to being among the top ten schools, there are also some institutions that have made significant progress in the rankings. north carolina state university, for example, has risen from 39 last year to 14. missouri went to 99th last year and ranked 14th this year, up 85 places.

the two new majors that have received the most attention this year are the rankings of two new majors: business and psychology.

in the undergraduate business program rankings, arizona state university and the university of florida tied for first place. oregon state university, the university of massachusetts amherst and washington state university are all tied for third place.

In the ranking of undergraduate online psychology programs, Pennsylvania State ranked first. It was followed by four schools tied for second: Arizona State University, Loyola University Chicago, Oregon State University and the University of Florida. In this way, in addition to the University of Florida, Penn State is almost the biggest winner in the 2021 online course rankings.

On the same day that US.News was released, Penn State was very proud to publish an article in the school magazine. This is the fifth consecutive year that the school has been named the most recognized university in the nation's list of the best online degree programs by U.S. News & World Report.

In 2021, Penn State is ranked in the top 10 in both the comprehensive undergraduate degree program rankings and the five graduate program rankings. In the overall ranking of undergraduate degree programs, Penn State ranks sixth. Among the graduate programs, engineering programs ranked 4th, online MBA programs ranked 7th, online graduate education ranked 7th, and online graduate computers ranked 8th.

2. BEST ONLINE MBA PROGRAM

MBA has always been one of the hottest programs in graduate programs, and in the 2021 National Ranking of Online MBA Programs, Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business rose from No. 3 last year to No. 1. Tied for first place is the Kenan-Flagler School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).

Indiana University's Kelly School of Business in Bloomington, which tied for first place with UNC last year, ranked third this year. It is worth mentioning that the MBA online program at Rice University's Jones School of Business has its first batch of graduates, so the school's ranking jumped from 123rd last year to 9th. The University of South Florida's Muma School of Business also rose from 95th last year to 26th.

3. Best Online Graduate Business Program

Online graduate business programs are non-MBA programs, with the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California at number one, followed by the Kelly School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington. In third place is arizona State University's WP Carey School of Business.

The online university that made significant progress in these non-MBA rankings this year is the Rolls School of Business at Texas Tech University, which rose from 63 to 17. And the University of Missouri rose to 85 from 120 last year.

4. Best Online Postgraduate Education Program

The education major is also one of the most popular majors among international students, with TO3s in the 2021 Ranking of The Best Online Graduate Education Programs: University of Florida, Clemson University, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is worth mentioning that the University of Illinois has improved by 5 places compared to 2020.

5. Master of Best Online Nursing Program (Nursing)

nursing is one of the most popular majors in the united states, especially for many working people, online courses are the best choice.

Rush University in Illinois still ranks first in the nursing master's degree program, alongside the University of South Carolina. Duke University in North Carolina and Ohio State University tied for third.

6. Best Online Postgraduate Engineering Program (Engineering)

Majoring in engineering, the top ranking is the Fokky School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Columbia University in New York. UCLA's School of Engineering Technology and Applied Sciences ranked second this year, and Purdue University ranked third. These three universities were also stable top 3 last year.

therefore, we should not think that online courses represent a reduction in difficulty, and the online courses of these famous schools are still high thresholds and high gold content.

7. Best Online Postgraduate Information Technology Program

THE TOP3 RANKINGS FOR ONLINE COURSES IN THE IT FIELD ARE:

columbia university (#1)

johns hopkins university (#2)

university of southern california (#2)

columbia university is on the list for the first time this year, after usc has been ranked first.

8. Best Online Postgraduate Criminal Justice Course

the final item is criminal justice, with uc irvine's master's degree in criminology topped the list. boston university and sam houston state university in texas tied for second place.

this major is relatively unpopular for international students, if you want to know specific information, welcome to check out the article to interpret the big unpopular study in the united states: can a criminology major do it?.