For the 2026 Best Online Programs rankings released today, U.S. News assessed nearly 1,850 online bachelor's and master's degree programs and ranked the majority.

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

The Master of Science in Engineering Online program at UCLA Samueli has consistently ranked among the nation’s best for a dozen years. More than 1,800 students have received a degree through the ...

Forbes recently ranked Purdue University’s online master’s programs as being among the most accessible in the nation. In their justification article, Forbes cited Purdue’s wide variety of online ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

Learn what to expect from a journalism master's online, from courses to career outlook, including journalism jobs and salaries for graduates.

Expand your knowledge of the full lifecycle of software development – from design and testing to deployment and maintenance – with a hands-on, 30-credit online Master of Science (MS) in Computer ...

In a world where educational qualifications are listed on many job descriptions, you may wonder if online master’s degrees carry the same weight in the professional world as their in-person ...

Calvin University’s online master’s program in Geographic Information Science (GIS) is punching well above its weight. The most recent rankings released by UniversityHQ, a leading independent ...

Purdue University’s online Master of Nuclear Engineering (MNE) program provides engineers with a top-ranked education to advance their expertise in the evolving field of nuclear energy. Nuclear ...

Sociologists study human behavior and the nearly infinite complexities of social relationships. Close study of sociologists will show you that they themselves tend to fall into the profession through ...

The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering’s online master’s degree program has earned the No. 1 ranking in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 survey of the nation’s best online graduate engineering programs ...