US News 2009 Top Grad Programs
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Looking for the convenience of a DL grad program but the prestige of a top ranked B&M school?

The new 2009 US News rankings are out, and in a couple study areas they can be sorted according to top schools with online programs.

In Business there were 45 programs available online, among which the top rated programs were:

Sort by Rank | Name  
22 Arizona State University (Carey) Tempe, AZ
34 University of Florida (Hough) Gainesville, FL
40 Pennsylvania State University--University Park (Smeal) University
52 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
62 Syracuse University (Whitman) Syracuse, NY

In Engineering there were 49 programs available online, among which the top rated programs were:

Sort by Rank | Name  
4 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
5 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL
8 University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA
9 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
13 Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX
15 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
15 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
17 University of Maryland--College Park (Clark) College Park, MD
21 Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY
23 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
24 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
24 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
24 University of Washington Seattle, WA
28 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
29 Ohio State University Columbus, OH
30 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC
32 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY
41 Iowa State University Ames, IA
42 Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA
45 Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ
52 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
52 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
57 SUNY--Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY
61 Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO
65 University of Illinois--Chicago Chicago, IL
68 Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) Chicago, IL
68 Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO
70 New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM
70 University of Tennessee--Knoxville Knoxville, TN
73 Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL
73 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
80 Polytechnic University Brooklyn, NY
80 Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer) Hoboken, NJ
92 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS
92 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA

In Education there were 63 programs available online, among which the top rated programs were:

Sort by Rank | Name
12 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
14 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
21 University of Connecticut (Neag) Storrs, CT
24 Utah State University Logan, UT
25 University of Georgia Athens, GA
25 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
29 George Washington University Washington, DC
30 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
36 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
40 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA
45 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
45 University of Missouri--Columbia Columbia, MO
53 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
56 SUNY--Albany Albany, NY
58 St. John's University Queens, NY
65 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
68 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
73 University of North Carolina--Greensboro Greensboro, NC
75 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL
75 University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lincoln, NE
77 Auburn University--Main Campus Auburn , AL
79 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK
79 University of Idaho Moscow, ID
83 Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
90 Ball State University Muncie, IN
90 Clemson University (Moore) Clemson, SC
90 University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY
90 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
90 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV
96 Old Dominion University (Darden) Norfolk, VA
100 Iowa State University Ames, IA
103 University of Massachusetts--Lowell Lowell, MA
108 University of Missouri--St. Louis St. Louis, MO
111 Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN
111 New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM
117 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
119 North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC
119 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR
119 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
119 University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO
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#2
Link to main rankings, showing all disciplines:

America's Best Graduate Schools 2009

Only those shown above were broken down by availability of online programs.
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#3
I love the way that some universities jump on these rankings to create the most bogus, misleading advertisements humanly possible.  

Example: Google ad for Regis University at the bottom of the 2009 MBA rankings.

Quote:Top Online MBA Program
Earn your MBA degree online Top Ranked by US News. Inquire now!
www.RegisUniversityOnline

Well as you can plainly see from the list of 45 online business grad schools, Regis is nowhere to be found among the top ranked, or anywhere else on the list.

Apparently they base this bogus claim on the school's overall rank among  "Universities-Master's (West): Top Schools" where they are listed as number 26 (below such powerhouses as Point Loma Nazarene and N.M. Inst. of Mining and Tech.).

Gad, if an investment prospectus contained such outright lies and misrepresentations the feds would have the people responsible so far back in jail they would have to pump air in to them.  

These "educators" lie through their asses to ensnare naive college kids and nobody blinks.  Where's Gollum when his Jesuit buddies at Regis are peddling BS all over the internet?
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