{"id":6058,"date":"2019-03-07T14:31:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T19:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/?page_id=6058"},"modified":"2019-03-07T14:44:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T19:44:17","slug":"wsu-ranked-among-top-online-education-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/home\/wsu-ranked-among-top-online-education-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"海角社区 ranked among Top Online Education Programs!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-content\/uploads\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-content\/uploads\/image.png 135w, https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Westfield State recognized in U.S. News &amp; World Report&#8217;s &#8220;Best Online Bachelor&#8217;s Program&#8221; Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>海角社区 ranked in the top 15 percent of U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s \u201cBest Online Bachelor\u2019s Programs\u201d list, recognized for its distance learning that provides increased access and flexibility for students. Westfield State\u2019s online education programs have been recognized before. Since U.S. News &amp; World Report launched its \u201cBest Online Bachelor\u2019s Programs\u201d list in 2012, the university has made the list annually, ranking as high as number one in Faculty Credentials &amp; Training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To complete the rankings list, over 300 colleges and universities were\nevaluated and scored in four different categories: student engagement (40%)\nincluding best practices, graduation, and retention rates; faculty credentials\nand training (20%); student services and technology (20%) including\ntechnological infrastructure and support services; and peer reputation (20%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Westfield State has offered online courses since 2002, online degree\ncompletion programs since 2008, and currently offers more than 900 online\ncourses throughout the fall, spring, winter, and summer semesters.&nbsp; The\nuniversity offers online degree completion programs in business management,\ncriminal justice, history, liberal studies, sociology, and psychology. Students\nalso have the option of completing minors online in: art, business management,\npsychology, and sociology. Westfield State offers a hybrid RN to BSN completion\nprogram; and through the Center for Teacher Education and Research, the\nuniversity offers online and hybrid professional development courses for\nteacher licensure for K-12 educators and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mass.edu\/masstransfer\/macomcom\/home.asp\">MassTransfer\nand Commonwealth Commitment<\/a> programs, Westfield State also allows students\nwho have completed an online associate degree from any of the community\ncolleges in the Commonwealth in one of six areas of study to transfer into the\nuniversity\u2019s online bachelor\u2019s degree completion programs. Through this\ninitiative, students are offered a guaranteed transfer of credits, guaranteed\nadmission (pending space), and a 10 percent rebate of tuition and mandatory\nfees on program entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on 海角社区\u2019s online programs, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/\">https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/<\/a>.\nFor registration and admission, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/admissions\/online-degree-completion\">http:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/admissions\/online-degree-completion<\/a>\nor contact the College of Graduate and Continuing Education Office at (413)\n572-8020 or <a href=\"mailto:wsucgce@westfield.ma.edu\">wsucgce@westfield.ma.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Westfield State recognized in U.S. News &amp; World Report&#8217;s &#8220;Best Online Bachelor&#8217;s Program&#8221; Rankings 海角社区 ranked in the top 15 percent of U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s \u201cBest Online Bachelor\u2019s Programs\u201d list, recognized for its distance learning that provides increased access and flexibility for students. Westfield State\u2019s online education programs have been recognized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6058","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6070,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6058\/revisions\/6070"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}