{"id":96808,"date":"2026-01-27T03:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=96808"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:47:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T13:47:57","slug":"u-s-news-ranks-utoledo-among-2026-best-online-degree-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/01_27_2026\/u-s-news-ranks-utoledo-among-2026-best-online-degree-programs","title":{"rendered":"U.S. News Ranks UToledo Among 2026 Best Online Degree Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Toledo\u2019s online offerings are among the best in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. News &amp; World Report released its list of 2026 Best Online Programs on Tuesday, Jan. 27, with UToledo ranked in the top half of online bachelor\u2019s degree programs at No. 141.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_96809\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96809\" class=\"wp-image-96809\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Online-Courses-03012022-9049.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a virtual student attending class remotely on his laptop.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Online-Courses-03012022-9049.jpg 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Online-Courses-03012022-9049-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-96809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UToledo is ranked in the top half of online bachelor\u2019s degree programs in U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 Best Online Programs.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>UToledo also ranked for six online degree programs that the digital media company evaluates individually. That\u2019s each category in which the University is eligible by offering a corresponding undergraduate or graduate degree program.<\/p>\n<p>In the John B. and Lillian E. Neff College of Business and Innovation, UToledo&#8217;s online bachelor\u2019s degree in business and online master\u2019s degree in business administration programs each outperformed two-thirds of programs evaluated by U.S. News. Each program advanced in this year\u2019s rankings to No. 73 and No. 107, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Judith Herb College of Arts, Social Sciences and Education is home to the graduate education degree program that placed ahead of more than half of ranked programs at No. 133. And in the College of Engineering, the graduate engineering degree program ranked ahead of more than one-third of ranked programs at No. 64.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, UToledo\u2019s online bachelor\u2019s degree programs for veterans ranked at No. 86.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUToledo is proud to again be recognized among the best online colleges in the country by U.S. News &amp; World Report,\u201d said Dr. Mitchell McKinney, provost and executive vice president of academic affairs at UToledo. \u201cOur extensive catalog of online and certificate programs reflects the same high quality that students expect on campus while bringing higher education goals within reach for a wide variety of students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. News\u2019 Best Online Programs are determined based on a variety of criteria, including graduation rates, faculty credentials and support services that are available remotely.<\/p>\n<p>UToledo offers more than 50 online degrees and certificates and more than 60 online courses that are certified by Quality Matters (QM), indicating nationally recognized standards for structure, design and delivery of online and blended courses.<\/p>\n<p>UToledo offers more QM-certified courses than just a handful of higher education institutions in the country. The University is currently tied for 19th among 292 institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/01_27_2026\/u-s-news-ranks-utoledo-among-2026-best-online-degree-programs\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Online-Courses-03012022-9049-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of a virtual student attending class remotely on his laptop.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>UToledo ranked ahead of more than half of the online bachelor\u2019s degree programs evaluated for U.S. News &#038; World Report\u2019s 2026 Best Online Programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":908,"featured_media":96809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,34,498,1,41,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96808"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96808"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96812,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96808\/revisions\/96812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}