Entrance Vary and Goals neighborhood faculties have been each ranked among the many prime 200 suppliers of on-line studying faculties in a brand new record compiled by Newsweek and database firm Statista.
Entrance Vary Group Faculty, which has campuses in Fort Collins, Longmont and Denver, was ranked No. 109 on the record. Goals Group Faculty, which has campuses in Greeley, Loveland, Windsor and Fort Lupton, was No. 145 on Newsweek’s 2023 record of America’s Finest On-line Studying Schools.
“FRCC tailors our on-line courses to satisfy the particular wants of distant college students,” stated Rebecca Woulfe, the school’s vp of educational affairs and on-line studying, in a information launch. “And we’re one of many few neighborhood faculties which have devoted on-line advisors and help workers particularly designated to work with our on-line college students.”
Solely 30 neighborhood faculties within the nation made the rankings, and FRCC and Goals have been two of simply 4 Colorado faculties on the record. Adams State College in Alamosa was No. 95, and Colorado Christian College, with a primary campus in Lakewood, was No. 132.
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Newsweek primarily based its rankings by itself analysis concerning the establishments and an internet survey of U.S. residents who’ve used on-line studying companies to acquire an educational diploma or purchase information and expertise for his or her job or hobbies.
The highest 100 universities obtained five-star scores, whereas the following 100 obtained four-star scores. The College of Maryland, primarily based in Faculty Park, was No. 1.
Greater than 11,000 of FRCC’s college students — greater than 40% of the scholar physique — take at the least one class on-line in a median yr, the varsity stated. Goals officers stated 36.7% of their college students took at the least one on-line class throughout the fall semeser, and 16.2% took all their programs on-line.
FRCC has been providing on-line studying since 1995 and has “been regularly investing in enhancing our programs,” school President Colleen Simpson stated within the information launch. “All FRCC school obtain important coaching on the best way to make their educating best for the web studying surroundings.”
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