{"id":124909,"date":"2026-01-27T10:26:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/?p=124909"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:40:20","slug":"2026-college-rankings-u-s-news-world-report-ranks-montclair-among-best-online-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/2026\/01\/27\/2026-college-rankings-u-s-news-world-report-ranks-montclair-among-best-online-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 College Rankings: U.S. News &amp; World Report Ranks 麻豆传媒在线 Among Best Online Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>麻豆传媒在线 has been recognized in multiple categories of the 2026 U.S. News &amp; World Report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/online-education\/montclair-state-university-185590\">Best Online Programs<\/a> rankings, led by a Top 5 national placement for its online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/ma-educational-leadership\/\">Master of Arts in Educational Leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>麻豆传媒在线\u2019s online Master\u2019s in Educational Leadership improved to No. 5 (tie), up nine spots from No. 14 in the 2025 rankings.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, 麻豆传媒在线 also earned a ranking in the Best Online Bachelor\u2019s Programs category at No. 56 (tie), reflecting the University\u2019s growing portfolio of online undergraduate degree completion options which now includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/bs-business-administration\/\">Business Administration<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/ba-economics\/\">Economics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/ba-family-science-and-human-development\/\">Family Science and Human Development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/ba-liberal-studies-online\/\">Liberal Studies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/nursing-rn-to-bsn-online\/\">Nursing RN to BSN<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/ba-psychology\/\">Psychology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>麻豆传媒在线\u2019s online graduate business offerings were also recognized, with the University\u2019s Best Online Master\u2019s in Business Programs (non-MBA) ranked No. 53 (tie) nationally, an eight-spot increase from No. 61 in 2025. The ranking highlights the strength of 麻豆传媒在线\u2019s online Master of Science programs in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/ms-business-analytics\/\">Business Analytics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/ms-digital-marketing-analytics\/\">Digital Marketing Analytics<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/ms-human-resource-analytics\/\">Human Resource Analytics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additional 2026 ranked programs include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/mba-master-of-business-administration\/\">Online MBA<\/a> Programs: No. 107 (tie)<\/li>\n<li>Best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/nursing-msn-online\/\">Online Master\u2019s in Nursing<\/a> Programs: No. 62 (tie)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201c麻豆传媒在线 Online makes everything around learning as simple as possible, from applying, to navigating coursework, to getting student support when questions come up,\u201d says Marc Austin, vice provost and managing director, 麻豆传媒在线 Unbound. \u201cThese U.S. News rankings reflect the work behind the scenes to deliver a high-quality online experience that\u2019s engaging, well-supported and designed for student success. Students should be able to focus on the hard work of study; we streamline the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. News &amp; World Report 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 across 1,800 online bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degree programs offered primarily online by regionally accredited institutions.<\/p>\n<h2>Are you a:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Prospective Student:\u00a0<\/strong>Explore 麻豆传媒在线 Online\u2019s full range of programs, from fully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/program-finder\/?program_level[]=undergraduate&amp;modality[]=online\">online undergraduate degrees<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/program-finder\/?modality[]=low-residency&amp;modality[]=online&amp;program_type[]=masters\">online and low-residency master\u2019s and doctoral offerings<\/a> as well as career-advancing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/program-finder\/?modality[]=online&amp;program_type[]=certificate&amp;program_type[]=certification\">certificates and certifications<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Member:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/media-relations\/\">Contact the Media Relations team<\/a> for further details or to schedule an interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Educational Leadership rises to No. 5 in the nation, 麻豆传媒在线 also earns first-ever Best Online Bachelor\u2019s ranking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":124910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124909","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\/124909","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=124909"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124914,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124909\/revisions\/124914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}