List gives online YSU program high marks

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown State University’s online master-of-science- in-engineering program is ranked 12th in the nation in a new list released by Nonprofit Colleges Online.

The list is part of the organization’s Students Before Profits Award program that promotes nonprofit colleges and universities offering online degree programs that put students before profits and education before the bottom line.

Programs on the list were selected from accredited, nonprofit colleges and universities with objectively lower-than-average tuition cost and have ranked the programs according to their affordability.

The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark., tops the list. The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, S.D., and Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, come in second and third, respectively.

YSU’s online master-of-science-in-engineering degree program with a management option combines engineering and business courses to develop a well-rounded engineer prepared to manage a technical organization.

The program draws on the faculty and resources from the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and the Williamson College of Business Administration at YSU.