UW-Superior Named Top Public Online College in Wisconsin
Earned high marks for its 16:1 student-teacher ratio
The University of Wisconsin-Superior, has been named the top public online college in Wisconsin for 2016-17 by AffordableCollegesOnline.
According to AffordableCollegesOnline, post-secondary institutions were scored on several metrics, which included in-state tuition and fees for undergraduate students, count and breadth of online programs available, student-to-faculty ratio, and percentage of beginning, full-time undergraduates receiving scholarship/grant aid from the college.
UW-Superior, which finished second overall in the state rankings, earned high marks for its 16-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and for 24 percent of students receiving financial aid.
With 15 programs available online, that range from certificates through graduate level, UW-Superior has recently added three Master of Science in Education (M.S.E.) programs to its list of online offerings.
The M.S.E. – Educational Administration, the M.S.E. – Instruction, and the M.S.E. – Special Education programs are now available online for the first time. These accelerated programs, which can all be completed in as few as 12 months, are each 30 credit hours and offer students a flexible seven-week course format.