Stevens’ online engineering programs ranked #2 by US News & World Report

HOBOKEN, N.J. — Stevens Institute of Technology leads nearly every other online graduate engineering program in the country when it comes to online programs, according to a recent survey.

US News and World Report surveyed more than 400 schools and compiled a list of graduate-level programs in business, education, engineering, library science, nursing and public health. The survey highlights key attributes of the learning experience.

Stevens was ranked number two in the group that includes Columbia University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Virginia Tech among others.

Launched in 2000, Stevens’ WebCampus quickly became one of the nations’ top-quality online academic programs, with a tremendous commitment in the development and use of best-practices in online learning.

Since its inception, students from 40 states and 40 countries have taken Stevens classes through WebCampus. The program has been recognized with a number of awards and honors, giving it an enviable reputation as a leader in online education.

Among the awards received by the program were the US Distance Learning Association’s 21st Century Award for Best Practices. The program was a recipient of the award in both 2005 and 2008.

“In this environment, changing technologies will continue to pose challenges for all schools with online programs,” said Robert Zotti, Director of the WebCampus Division. “We deal with this challenge by focusing on the tools and techniques that we think will provide the biggest benefits.

“We were an early adopter of web-conferencing technology, and instructional activities that have been built around it including real-time and recorded instructor lectures, student presentations, team assignments, and even online office hours have been a huge success.”

The program currently offers 154 engineering and computer science courses in its online catalog. This fall, the program had its largest semester ever, recording just below 2,000 enrollments.

A full list of the US News and World Report findings may be located at www.usnews.com/elearning

Additional information on the Stevens’ WebCampus may be found at: http://webcampus.stevens.edu/

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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