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UCA has been ranked as one of the nation鈥檚 top 50 most affordable colleges for online master鈥檚 programs in business. Just six percent of regionally accredited postsecondary institutions earned a ranking position from OnlineMastersDegrees.org (OMD). UCA鈥檚 business programs earned top honors for overall quality, affordability and commitment to student success.

“This year, we focused on the schools making it easier for students to compete in today鈥檚 increasingly difficult job market,鈥� said Kyle Darland, co-founder of OMD. 鈥淓ach ranked school offers a fully or partially online master鈥檚 program in business at a time when earning a master鈥檚 has become a minimum barrier to entry for many.鈥�

Darland is referencing a recent survey from CareerBuilder, which found that 鈥渢hirty-three percent of employers are hiring workers with master鈥檚 degrees for positions that had been primarily held by those with four-year degrees.鈥� These employers cited an evolution of the skills needed to perform the jobs as the cause of the shift, and an increase in work quality, productivity and employee retention as the result.

鈥淧roviding students with opportunities to get a master鈥檚 online is only part of our rankings,鈥� said Darland. 鈥淭op-ranked schools also had competitive tuition rates and/or scholarships to help drive costs down. And with grocery, gas and other expenses on everyone鈥檚 mind right now, an affordable master鈥檚 is key.鈥�

OnlineMastersDegrees.org analyzed more than 7,700 accredited universities by using data pulled from the schools themselves and from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). After the data was compiled, OMD鈥檚 data science team then applied a proprietary algorithm to rank all qualifying schools for each of the different master鈥檚 degrees specialties. Primary data points include:

• Academic counseling services
• Career placement services
• Student/faculty ratio
• Tuition
• Percent of students receiving school-based aid
• Amount of school-based aid per student

To be eligible for ranking, a university must hold active regional accreditation and have at least one partially online master鈥檚 program in the ranking subject.

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