UMass Global Ranked in Eight Categories for Best Online Programs by U.S. News & World Report

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (Jan. 21, 2025) — For the 13th consecutive year, University of Massachusetts Global (UMass Global) has been included by U.S. News & World Report in its annual Best Online Programs rankings. The university ranked in eight categories for 2025.

For 2025, these are the categories and UMass Global’s rankings:

• #132 in Best Online Bachelor’s Programs
• #70 in Best Online Bachelor’s Programs for Veterans
• #140 in Best Online Bachelor’s in Business Programs
• #42 in Best Online Bachelor’s in Psychology Programs
• #95 in Best Online Master’s in Business Programs (excluding MBA)
• #38 in Best Online Master’s in Business Programs for Veterans (excluding MBA)
• #163 in Best Online Master’s in Education Programs#202 in Best Online MBA Programs

UMass Global offers 14 core bachelor’s degrees with 32 emphasis areas that allow students to customize their degree to match their career goals. The university also offers many degrees in competency-based format, known as UMass Global MyPath. In this format, students work at their own pace, completing one section and moving on to the next. There are no set deadlines, and students pay a set fee for the CBE academic year and can take as many courses within a 24-week billing period as they choose. 

For master’s degrees in business, UMass Global offers a core MBA program, along with seven different MBA emphases (accounting, business intelligence & data analytics, finance, health administration, human resources, marketing, and organizational leadership). The School of Business and Professional Studies also offers master’s degrees in organizational leadership, healthcare administration, GIS and data analytics, and human resources. 
UMass Global’s Master of Arts in Education degree has seven different emphases (autism, curriculum and instruction, educational administration, educational leadership, instructional technology, leadership in early childhood education, and teaching and learning). An MA in Educational Leadership and Administration is also offered.

The rankings for veterans’ programs are testament to UMass Global’s ongoing commitment to members of the military and their dependents. UMass Global traces its origins to 1958 when the fledgling university began providing outreach education to Marines stationed at the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Orange County, California. Today, over 10 percent of UMass Global students have military ties as active duty, veterans, reservists, or dependents. The university’s Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership competency-based program (a master’s in business program) has one track available only to military members and veterans. It provides transfer credit for military training and coursework.

For its rankings, U.S. News & World Report assessed 1,752 online degree programs. The rankings measure overall academic quality at the bachelor’s and master’s degree levels for these online programs. These rankings differ from the magazine’s brick and mortar Best Colleges rankings because they take into account that students in these online programs are typically not first-time students, in contrast to traditional universities. Many ranking indicators used for their Best Colleges rankings, things like standardized test scores and high school class standing, are not used in the Best Online Program rankings.

Founded in 1958 and accredited by WSCUC, UMass Global provides over 55 online programs tailored for workplace relevance, including undergraduate and graduate degrees, teaching credentials, and certificates. We are committed to adult learners with attentive student support, high graduation rates and alumni satisfaction, and credit opportunities for transfers or prior training. 

For more information about University of Massachusetts Global, visit the school’s website.