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The university ranked No. 6 nationally in online bachelor\u2019s programs in the 2026\u00a0U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs<\/a>\u00a0report.<\/p>\n Jessica Battisti<\/p>\n UCF ranked No. 6 nationally in online bachelor\u2019s programs in this year’s\u00a0U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs<\/a> rankings released Jan. 26 \u2014 making it the highest in the university\u2019s history, according to a recent release. <\/p>\n This marks the fifth consecutive year UCF\u2019s online programs have been ranked in the top 10.<\/p>\n Last year, the university ranked\u00a0No. 9<\/a>\u00a0for best online bachelor\u2019s programs. This year, UCF tied for the best online bachelor\u2019s programs with Oregon State University and Arizona State University, according to the U.S. News website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n UCF ranked within the top 10 across several program categories for 2026, placing No. 3 for online psychology bachelor\u2019s programs, No. 5 for online master\u2019s programs in educational and instructional media design and No. 6 for both online bachelor\u2019s programs for veterans and online business bachelor\u2019s programs.<\/p>\n The university also ranked No. 10 nationally for online master\u2019s programs in criminal justice for veterans, according to the release.<\/p>\n UCF Online currently offers more than\u00a0130 total program<\/a>s, with more than\u00a030 bachelor\u2019s programs<\/a> and 35 minor options offered fully online. For the\u00a02025-2026 year<\/a>, there are 7,068 UCF Online students, 3,820 of which are enrolled in undergraduate programs.\u00a0<\/p>\n Vice Provost of Digital Learning at UCF, Dr. Thomas Cavanagh, said in the release\u00a0that the university is a \u201cleader in how to support learners who don\u2019t fit the traditional academic mold,\u201d providing inclusive learning opportunities for parents, working professionals, people with disabilities and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis recognition from U.S. News & World Report\u00a0affirms the excellence of a people-first, technology-driven approach refined over decades,\u201d UCF President Dr. Alexander Cartwright said in the release. \u201cIt reflects a university that has consistently led with innovation, delivered quality at scale and continues to set the standard for what online learning can be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The university ranked No. 6 nationally in online bachelor\u2019s programs in the 2026\u00a0U.S. News & World Report Best…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4401,115,139,141,140],"class_list":{"0":"post-142781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-academics","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-orlando","11":"tag-orlando-headlines","12":"tag-orlando-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}