{"id":55505,"date":"2016-01-12T13:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=55505"},"modified":"2016-01-12T16:57:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T22:57:20","slug":"um-among-nations-top-25-for-online-graduate-degrees-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/um-among-nations-top-25-for-online-graduate-degrees-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"UM Among Nation’s Top 25 for Online Graduate Degrees in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students and faculty members from the UM School of Education celebrate Commencement in the Grove. The school has been ranked among the nation’s Top 25 programs for online graduate studies in education. Photo by Kevin Bain\/Ole Miss Communications<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 The University of Mississippi has been ranked among the nation’s top 25 institutions for online graduate degrees in education by U.S. News & World Report.<\/p>\n

At No. 25, the\u00a0UM School of Education<\/a>\u00a0rose 10 spots from U.S. News’ 2015 rankings.<\/p>\n

“We are proud to be recognized for the hard work of our faculty, staff and students,” said David Rock, UM’s education dean. “We are committed to creating quality graduate education that is accessible for working teachers, higher education professionals and counselors who seek to be change agents and leaders in their classrooms and communities.”<\/p>\n

Ole Miss is tied with the New York Institute of Technology, the University of Dayton, the University of Nebraska at Kearney and William Carey University, falling directly behind the University of South Carolina and Indiana University, which are tied at No. 22.<\/p>\n

UM offers\u00a0four online graduate degrees<\/a>\u00a0designed to be accessible for education professionals including:<\/p>\n