The University of Arkansas at Little Rock ranks 27th nationwide for its online graduate-level Information Technology programs, according to U.S News & World Report’s 2018 rankings released today.

UA Little Rock offers a Master of Science in Information Quality and a Master of Science in Information Science. About 113 students are currently enrolled in the programs.

“We are certainly pleased to receive this recognition,” said Dr. Lawrence Whitman, dean of the Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology. “We have offered the master’s degree in Information Quality as a unique, in demand, graduate program. The program is offered entirely online as well as in a face-to-face format.”

Rankings were based on student engagement, faculty credentials and training, peer reputation, student services and technology, and admissions selectivity.

Of UA Little Rock, the researchers said: “Quality online information technology programs promote participation in courses, allowing students opportunities to readily interact with their instructors and classmates. In turn, instructors are not only accessible and responsive, but they are also tasked with helping to create an experience rewarding enough that students stay enrolled and complete their degrees in a reasonable amount of time.”

The rankings and the methodology use to compile them are available  online.