{"id":200886,"date":"2026-02-19T05:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/online-graduate-programs-ranked-highly-by-u-s-news-world-report-marquette-today\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T05:29:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:29:01","slug":"online-graduate-programs-ranked-highly-by-u-s-news-world-report-marquette-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/online-graduate-programs-ranked-highly-by-u-s-news-world-report-marquette-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Online graduate programs ranked highly by U.S. News &amp; World Report &#8211; Marquette Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Popular Searches<br \/><em>U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/em>&nbsp;today released its 2026 Best Online&nbsp;Programs rankings.&nbsp;Several&nbsp;Marquette&nbsp;graduate&nbsp;programs&nbsp;received high marks&nbsp;nationally.&nbsp;<br \/>The College of&nbsp;Nursing\u2019s online program&nbsp;saw the most dramatic rise, moving up from No. 53 in 2025 to No. 35 this year.&nbsp;Nursing was also represented in a new ranking, best online&nbsp;master\u2019s&nbsp;in nursing programs for veterans,&nbsp;slotting&nbsp;at No. 18.&nbsp;<br \/>Four specialties in the College of Business Administration\u2019s Master of Business Administration&nbsp;program&nbsp;were ranked in the top 15 based on peer assessment:&nbsp;general management (6),&nbsp;finance (10),&nbsp;business analytics (12)&nbsp;and&nbsp;marketing (12).&nbsp;The MBA&nbsp;program as a whole&nbsp;is ranked in the top 80 for&nbsp;a&nbsp;second consecutive year at No. 78.&nbsp;<br \/>The Computer and Information Science master\u2019s program remained in the top 30 in the country, ranked No. 27.&nbsp;<br \/>The&nbsp;<em>U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/em>&nbsp;Online Programs rankings do not&nbsp;utilize&nbsp;standardized tests, instead relying on factors such as faculty credentials and training,&nbsp;services&nbsp;and technology available to students, student&nbsp;engagement&nbsp;and expert opinions on the academic quality of programs. Master\u2019s degree programs, in addition to these criteria, are also ranked based on an assessment of student excellence via undergraduate GPAs, acceptance&nbsp;rates&nbsp;and work experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Discover more than 70 master\u2019s, doctoral and certificate graduate programs, including fully online education at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marquette.edu\/grad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mu.edu\/grad<\/a>.&nbsp;<br \/> Campus Life, Uncategorized<br \/> <a class=\"stretched-link text-body text-decoration-none text-decoration-hover-underline stretched-link\" href=\"https:\/\/today.marquette.edu\/2026\/02\/next-mupd-self-defense-class-is-feb-19\/\"> Next MUPD self-defense class is Feb. 19\u00a0 <\/a><br \/> Campus Life, Faculty &amp; Staff<br \/> <a class=\"text-body text-decoration-none text-decoration-hover-underline stretched-link\" href=\"https:\/\/today.marquette.edu\/2026\/02\/marquette-well-represented-among-milwaukee-business-journal-power-players\/\"> Marquette well represented among\u00a0Milwaukee Business Journal Power Players\u00a0 <\/a><br \/> Campus Life<br \/> <a class=\"text-body text-decoration-none text-decoration-hover-underline stretched-link\" href=\"https:\/\/today.marquette.edu\/2026\/02\/lemonis-center-student-success-dialogue-ai-equity-policy-clarity-and-restorative-pathways-in-student-support-feb-26\/\"> Lemonis Center Student Success Dialogue: AI-Equity, Policy Clarity and Restorative Pathways in Student Support, Feb. 26\u00a0 <\/a><br \/> &copy; 2026 Marquette Today. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxOMGwxdF9KSnBuY0wwQXFJVlFZaXRoX1JQUFlweVd5YV9Id1BQclc5REdEQVBHdTBGaGxxaDdfMlhZWWNsZExLN3Bmbm9OcnR5S0JIbG9fRnJvRWR1M2RUaEJoZlpoSXN2Ykd6MUlwdU8yYUxlQkQxSVBnRndFM3JqWllfVVRTb0oyNGlHWktEYVQyYy1XNXZzTGVQQWE3VzNvbVE?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular SearchesU.S. News &amp; World Report&nbsp;today released its 2026 Best Online&nbsp;Programs rankings.&nbsp;Several&nbsp;Marquette&nbsp;graduate&nbsp;programs&nbsp;received high marks&nbsp;nationally.&nbsp;The College of&nbsp;Nursing\u2019s online program&nbsp;saw the most dramatic rise, moving up from No. 53 in 2025 to No. 35 this year.&nbsp;Nursing was also represented in a new ranking, best online&nbsp;master\u2019s&nbsp;in nursing programs for veterans,&nbsp;slotting&nbsp;at No. 18.&nbsp;Four specialties in the College of Business [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-200886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}