Rankings

Jan 23, 2025

NC State College of Education Ranked #20 in U.S. News’ Best Online Programs Rankings

NC State’s College of Education is ranked #20 in the nation in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Online Master’s in Education Programs, an improvement of seven spots over last year. The college also ranked #1 in North Carolina and #7 in the nation for online education programs for veterans. 

Jan 23, 2025

Online Degree Programs Climb Atop the Rankings

Programs for business students, educators and engineers ranked high in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings for online programs. 

Jul 10, 2024

NC State Online MBA Ranked No. 4 in Employability in 2024 QS Global Ranking

The Jenkins Professional Online MBA program at Poole College of Management is ranked No. 4 in employability and No. 18 overall out of 100 programs worldwide. 

Feb 29, 2024

LPS Online Bachelor’s Program in Top 5

NC State’s Leadership in Public Sector program ranks #4 in the nation in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Online Programs rankings. That is a jump of 14 spots from last year! Read more about this accomplishment! 

Feb 15, 2024

3 Online Degree Programs Crack the Rankings Top 10 

NC State was well-represented in the U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings of best online programs. 

Jan 26, 2023

Education, Computer IT Move Up in Online Rankings

U.S. News delivers good news for two of NC State's graduate programs in this year's ranking of the nation's top online degrees. Programs for veterans in business, education and engineering also score honors. 

Jan 26, 2023

College of Education Ranked No. 30 for Best Online Graduate Programs

NC State’s College of Education was tied at No. 30 in the nation in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Online Master's in Education Programs rankings. Nationally, the college also ranked No. 9 for veterans, and in specialty categories, No. 15 in Educational Administration and Supervision and No. 19 in Curriculum and Instruction. 

Jan 27, 2022

Engineering Online Earns Another Top-10 Ranking

NC State’s Engineering Online has once again been ranked as one of the top distance education graduate engineering programs in the country by U.S. News & World Report. NC State ranked seventh nationally for best online engineering program —marking the fifth straight year ranked in the top 10. 

Jan 25, 2022

Online Programs Earn Multiple Top-10 Honors Nationally

NC State’s online programs earned high marks in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report’s list of best online programs released Tuesday, Jan. 25. 

Nov 29, 2021

Online M.Ed. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Ranks No. 1

NC State’s online Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Clinical Mental Health Counseling recently topped the list of best online master’s counseling programs according to besthealthdegrees.com.