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U.S. News & World Report 2020 Best Online Programs <\/em>rankings:<\/em><\/p>\n College of the Arts<\/strong> John J. Cali School of Music<\/em> School of Communication and Media<\/em> College of Education and Human Services<\/strong> 麻豆传媒在线\u2019s teacher education program has a long and distinguished history and is recognized as one of the best in the country by\u00a0U.S. News & World Report,\u00a0<\/em>which also ranks the Online Educational Leadership program No. 22 nationally. The College has formal partnerships with 33 school districts in northern New Jersey that pay a fee to join the 麻豆传媒在线 Network for Educational Renewal \u2013 a nationally recognized school-university partnership. The College\u2019s educator preparation programs explicitly seek to enroll future teachers and leaders of color consistent with the demographics of the New Jersey student population.<\/p>\n Among the College\u2019s many other outstanding programs are Counseling, Nutrition, Dietetics, Food Science, Family Science and Human Development, Exercise Science, and Public Health. Alumni are on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis in health-related positions as well as in public schools. The Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health is a leader in providing services and consultation in New Jersey.<\/p>\n College of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/strong> College of Science and Mathematics<\/strong> The College offers programs in biology, chemistry and biochemistry, marine biology and coastal sciences, computer science, physics and astronomy, earth and environmental science, mathematics education, applied math and statistics, and mathematical science. It has two doctoral programs: Environmental Science and Management, and Mathematics Education.<\/p>\n Feliciano School of Business<\/strong> Home to the Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation and the MIX Lab, a 3D printing and innovation center, the School also features a financial trading floor and Bloomberg terminals, providing transformative learning opportunities for students. For the first time, the\u00a0Princeton Review\u00a0<\/em>included the Online MBA and traditional MBA in its annual rankings for 2021. The Online MBA is listed in the\u00a0U.S. News & World Report<\/em>\u00a0rankings and also earned the top spot among New Jersey programs from College Consensus.<\/p>\n School of Nursing<\/strong> The School of Nursing is actively participating in Nursing Now, a three-year global campaign to improve world health by engaging nurses in directly addressing 21st-century health challenges. The School\u2019s specific focus, as part of this campaign, will be on service and education in the University\u2019s surrounding communities.<\/p>\n University College<\/strong> The Graduate School<\/strong>\n
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\nA state-designated Center of Excellence in the Arts, the College of the Arts offers more than 50 graduate and undergraduate majors, minors and concentrations through the John J. Cali School of Music, the School of Communication and Media, the Department of Art and Design, and the Department of Theatre and Dance. Programs in Musical Theatre, Dance (undergraduate and graduate) and Music Therapy (undergraduate and graduate) have gained national recognition, while strong but lesser-known programs in Product Design and Theatre Design & Technology consistently see 100 percent job placement rates for graduates. The College is accredited by all four national arts accreditation agencies.<\/p>\n
\nThe School of Music presents more than 300 performances each year, with over 100 of those streamed worldwide. Students regularly perform off-campus in prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall, often sharing the stage with professional ensembles like the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. International tours have taken student ensembles from Austria to Australia. Artists-in-residence include the Shanghai Quartet as well as 2020 Avery Fisher Prize winner Anthony McGill of the New York Philharmonic.<\/p>\n
\nHoused in the most technologically advanced broadcast and media production facility at any university in the nation, the School covers the complete communication and media landscape with degree programs in film and television, sports media, strategic communications, journalism, and media and communication studies. Co-curricular opportunities include WMSC-FM,\u00a0The Montclarion<\/em>\u00a0newspaper and website, and\u00a0The 麻豆传媒在线 News Lab<\/em>\u00a0weekly news program. Student productions have been recognized with two Emmy Awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award. Alumni are active and visible throughout the media industries on both coasts and around the country. The School is also home to the Center for Cooperative Media, a national leader in helping news media organizations collaborate with each other.<\/p>\n
\nThe College of Education and Human Services \u00ad\u00ad\u2013 with eight academic departments and five centers \u2013 created the first doctoral program at 麻豆传媒在线 in the late 1990s and now has three PhD programs in Teacher Education and Teacher Development, Counseling, and Family Science and Human Development. The College was awarded $14.1 million in external grant funding in 2019-20.<\/p>\n
\nA nexus of curricular innovation, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences melds traditional humanities with other disciplines to provide undergraduate and graduate students a competitive edge in the workplace. The University\u2019s largest academic unit, the College hosts 20 majors, 50 minors and 13 world languages. Its award-winning faculty, including a MacArthur Foundation Fellow, have engaged students through transdisciplinary programs as well as five-year BA\/MA, BA\/MS, and BA\/MBA programs in fields such as history, psychology, linguistics, and language and business. Select interdisciplinary programs include Gender, Sexuality and Women\u2019s Studies; International Studies; Environmental Justice; Medical Humanities; Language, Business and Culture; and Child Advocacy and Policy. The College offers doctoral programs in Clinical Psychology, Industrial\/Organizational Psychology, and Audiology.<\/p>\n
\nThe College of Science and Mathematics provides academically rigorous programs that include hands-on research experiences for students. About 90 percent of students are engaged in student-faculty research, much of which is externally funded. Active research funding is about $15 million, including prestigious NSF CAREER awards and a NASA Minority University Research and Education Project fellowship. The College is home to the PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies; Sokol Institute for Pharmaceutical Life Sciences; New Jersey Center for Water Science and Technology; Clean Energy and Sustainability Analytics Center; and Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics, whose external partnerships help grow New Jersey\u2019s innovation ecosystem. The College is also leading a statewide effort to innovate the teaching of math, funded by Math for America.<\/p>\n![\"Student](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/presidential-search\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/235\/2020\/12\/101216_6888_GRAD-PhD-Environmental-Management-scaled.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\")
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\nThe Feliciano School of Business has achieved a prominent place in the state and the larger region. Fully accredited by the AACSB, the School has approximately 3,500 students, and its six academic departments offer an array of degrees, including a BS in Business Administration with 11 concentrations, an MS in Accounting, and a number of MBA offerings.<\/p>\n
\nThe School of Nursing was established in 2016 to meet the region\u2019s growing demand for highly qualified nurses. Accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, the School offers specialized facilities, including mediated classrooms, a nursing skills lab, an anatomy lab, a home care lab, a mock quarantine room, and high-fidelity simulation labs outfitted with computer interfaced mannequins. A new online MSN program provides concentrations in clinical trials research, nursing education, and, in collaboration with the Feliciano School of Business, in nursing administration.<\/p>\n![\"Nursing](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/presidential-search\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/235\/2020\/12\/NURSING_25_090619_4000_NURS-Students-in-Sim-Labs-scaled.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\")
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\nDesigned for the approximately 2,000 freshman and sophomore students who have not selected a major, University College allows students to explore academic and career options as \u201cpre-major\u201d students. University College provides an academic home where these students can tap into the support, guidance and programs they need to explore and discover the areas that interest them most. Once University College students declare a major, they move seamlessly on to the college or school of that major, well prepared to progress to completion of a degree.<\/p>\n
\nThe Graduate School supports more than 100 master\u2019s and doctoral programs and works with all academic units to foster continued growth in graduate enrollment, which currently comprises 22 percent of overall enrollment. New and growing programs include Applied Mathematics, Business Administration, Business Analytics, Child Advocacy and Policy, Clinical Psychology, Computational Linguistics, Counseling, Cybersecurity, Nursing, Public Health, Social Research and Analysis, and Social Work.<\/p>\n![\"Student](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/presidential-search\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/235\/2020\/12\/072420_1714_GRAD-Commencement-AM-scaled.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\")
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