vcsuValley City  (VCSU- CSi)  Valley City State University’s online graduate education and bachelor’s degree programs have earned national recognition in the 2017 U.S. News Best Online Program rankings.

In the Best Online Graduate Education Program rankings, VCSU is ranked 47 of 275 schools that were evaluated.

James Boe, Ph.D., and VCSU director for graduate studies and research says, “We are very pleased by the rankings.  The personal attention we give to our students and our flexible delivery methods play a big part in our success.”

He adds, “Our M.Ed. program has unique concentrations to meet the needs of K-12 educators, and the new M.A.T. program increases our ability to meet the critical teacher shortage in North Dakota. We will continue to seek innovative ways to provide our students with quality graduate programs at VCSU.”

VCSU offers two online master’s degree programs in education—the Master of Education (M.Ed.) program and the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program. The M.A.T. is designed for individuals who already have a non-teaching bachelor’s degree and would like to become a teacher, while the Master of Education degree is designed for practicing teachers. The M.Ed. program offers six concentrations: elementary education, English education, library and information technologies, teaching English language learners, teaching and technology, and technology education.

The 47th place ranking for VCSU’s graduate education program represents a considerable move upward compared to the 2016 rankings; last year VCSU was ranked 83rd among 263 listed schools.

More information on VCSU’s graduate education programs can be found online at vcsu.edu/graduate.