{"id":123848,"date":"2025-01-23T15:44:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T20:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/?p=123848"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:30:05","slug":"2025-college-rankings-u-s-news-world-report-ranks-online-graduate-programs-among-nations-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/2025\/01\/23\/2025-college-rankings-u-s-news-world-report-ranks-online-graduate-programs-among-nations-best\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 College Rankings: U.S. News &amp; World Report Ranks Online Graduate Programs Among Nation\u2019s Best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/em> has released its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/online-education\/montclair-state-university-185590\">Best Online Programs<\/a> survey for 2025 and once again, Montclair State University\u2019s offerings rank among the best in the nation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column three-fourths\">\n<p>The seven University online programs that participate in the survey include the master\u2019s in Business Administration (MBA), master\u2019s in Educational Leadership, master\u2019s in Information Technology, master\u2019s in Business Analytics, master&#8217;s in Digital Marketing Analytics, master&#8217;s in Human Resources Analytics, and master\u2019s in Nursing (MSN).<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-fourth\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/08\/Montclair-Best-Online-Education-2025.png\" alt=\"Montclair Best Online Programs U.S. News and World Report\" width=\"200\" height=\"186\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Highlights from the 2025 Best Online Programs Rankings:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Montclair\u2019s online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/graduate-degrees\/educational-leadership-ma\/\">Master of Arts in Educational Leadership<\/a> program is ranked No. 14 in the nation and No. 1 in New Jersey. The education programs survey also ranked certain specialty areas, including Educational Administration and Supervision, in which the University also ranked at No. 13.<\/li>\n<li>Montclair\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinemba.montclair.edu\/\">online MBA program<\/a> ranked at No. 100 in the nation. The online <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinemba.montclair.edu\/ms-business-analytics\/\">Master of Science in Business Analytics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/graduate\/programs-of-study\/digital-marketing-analytics-ms\/\">Master of Science in Digital Marketing Analytics<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/graduate\/programs-of-study\/human-resource-analytics-ms\/\">Master of Science in Human Resource Analytics<\/a> programs ranked at No. 61 in the nation, up 10 spots from 2024.<\/li>\n<li>The University\u2019s online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/graduate-degrees\/information-technology-ms-psm\/\">Master of Science in Information Technology<\/a> with a concentration in Applied Information Technology (Professional Science Master\u2019s) is ranked No. 50.<\/li>\n<li>The University\u2019s online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/nursing\/master-of-science-in-nursing\/?utm_source=web&amp;utm_medium=newsitem&amp;utm_campaign=online18\">Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)<\/a> program, launched in 2018, had another substantial increase, improving nearly 20 spots to No. 58 and ranked No. 2 in New Jersey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/em> program rankings are based on scores from five categories \u2013 student engagement, services and technologies, student excellence, faculty credentials and training, and opinions of academic experts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognize that no two pathways to a degree are alike, and our educational options reflect that reality,\u201d says Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Junius Gonzales. \u201cThese latest rankings by <em>U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/em> are demonstrative of our efforts to be leaders in offering curricula that best serves the 21st-century student. We are honored to be ranked among some of the best online degree programs in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Montclair\u2019s Online Program Offerings<\/h2>\n<p>Montclair also offers several other online graduate degree and certificate options designed to equip working professionals with career-enhancing skills, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/graduate-degrees\/child-advocacy-ma\/\">Master of Arts in Child Advocacy and Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A low-residency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/graduate\/programs-of-study\/dance-mfa\/\">Master of Fine Arts in Dance<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/graduate-degrees\/ma-in-social-research-and-analysis\/\">Master of Arts in Social Research and Data Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/teaching-middle-grades-mathematics-online\/\">A Master of Arts in Mathematics Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/academic-programs\/ms-accounting\/\">Master of Science in Accounting<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/graduate-degrees\/master-social-work-msw\/\">Master of Social Work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/graduate-certificates\/\">Graduate certificate and certification<\/a> programs in advocacy, business, education and technology for those who want to build out or update skills to enhance their careers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on all of Montclair State University\u2019s online graduate programs, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/\">montclair.edu\/online<\/a>. Learn more about Montclair\u2019s rankings by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/online-education\/montclair-state-university-185590\">usnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven of Montclair\u2019s offerings ranked among the best in the country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":123708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-241_montclair-state-university-online"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123848"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124897,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123848\/revisions\/124897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}