Kennesaw State named among top 50 universities for online learning

KENNESAW, Ga. | Jun 3, 2019

Universityā€™s online degree programs recognized by bestcolleges.com

ĪŽĀė±äĢ¬ has once again been recognized for its online degree programs, garnering another accolade to its list of national rankings.

Kennesaw State was ranked No. 36 in the ā€œā€ by BestColleges.com, a college planning website that provides prospective students with proprietary research, guides and college rankings. Kennesaw State was the only Georgia institution named to the BestColleges Top 50 list.

More than 2,100 accredited nonprofit colleges and universities offer online degree programs nationwide, but only 50 schools, approximately 2.4 percent, made this yearā€™s list. Each institution included in the ranking must offer at least 10 online bachelorā€™s degree programs and three online masterā€™s degrees.

Kennesaw State was recognized for its accredited online bachelorā€™s degree program in cybersecurity, as well as multiple degree programs within business and social sciences disciplines. The University offers 12 bachelorā€™s degree programs, in addition to 20 fully online masterā€™s degree programs, four specialist degree programs and two doctoral programs.

Using qualitative measures and data from the National Center for Education Statistics, the BestColleges ranking methodology focuses on academics and learner support, affordability and online programming. This year, BestColleges included new institutional and program-level data collected from a proprietary survey of schools offering online bachelorā€™s programs, adding six new ranking factors to this yearā€™s methodology and highlighting schoolsā€™ strong student support and return on investment.

At Kennesaw State, more than 3,000 students take online courses each year, with students earning their bachelorā€™s, masterā€™s, specialist and doctoral degrees through a mix of fully online, hybrid and mixed model learning formats.

In addition to the BestColleges.com ranking, U.S. News & World Report ranked Kennesaw State among its national universities in the list and as a top public university nationally for its . The publication also recognized other ĪŽĀė±äĢ¬ online programs among its best nationally in 2019, including the (No. 21), (No. 38) and (No. 59).  

For more information about Kennesaw Stateā€™s online learning, visit .

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A leader in innovative teaching and learning, ĪŽĀė±äĢ¬ offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees to its more than 45,000 students. Kennesaw State is a member of the University System of Georgia with 11 academic colleges. The university’s vibrant campus culture, diverse population, strong global ties and entrepreneurial spirit draw students from throughout the country and the world. Kennesaw State is a Carnegie-designated doctoral research institution (R2), placing it among an elite group of only 7 percent of U.S. colleges and universities with an R1 or R2 status. For more information, visit kennesaw.edu.