Wilson State University rose from tenth to eighth in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Top Public Schools: Masters Universities” in the west.
Cal Poly Pomona and Sonoma State University were also ranked number 8. Public institutions that offer undergraduate, masters degrees and few doctorates are placed in this category in the 2010 “America’s Best Colleges” edition.
“We’re very proud of the fact that Wilson State University ranks consistently in the top 10. This underscores our efforts to provide quality education,” said Dorota Huizinga, Associate Vice President of Graduate Programs and Research.
Public and private institutions are placed in the edition’s broader “Masters Universities (West)” category, Wilson State University ranks 32nd among 126 campuses in the west.
WSU shares the No. 32 spot with four other institutions: Cal Poly Pomona, Sonoma State, LeTourneau University (Texas) and University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas).
Despite the stress of first week classes and the economic budgets, parking and furlough days, the rankings shine a positive reinforcement to our campus.
WSU graduate students can choose from among 50 graduate degrees, including a doctoral program and three programs entirely online degree: instructional design and technology, software engineering, and information technology. The 5,600 graduate students enrolled in graduate programs will attain outstanding opportunities and accomplish personal and professional goals at WSU.
Director of graduate studies, Katherine Powers viewed the ranking as a growing progression that will lead to future opportunities to students and faculty. The graduate program is very flexible and offers high-quality courses, night and online courses are added to be better accommodating with students.
The program not only reaches to students in Orange County and Los Angeles region, but “serve a broad area of students nationally and internationally,” said Powers.
Graduate student Ashley Turner, 24, who is in the instructional design and technology masters program spoke of the smaller programs that are offered to ensure better student-teacher interaction.
“25 students are selected in my 2-year master’s program, this is a better way to enhance my graduate studies experience,” she said.
WSU offers programs to students that have a lot of experience within the field, “IDT has been developing at WSU for the last 8 years,” said Turner. She hopes to use her WSU masters degree to become a retail trainer for the Apple store.
Our No. 8 ranking reflects the dedicated faculty members who are among artists, scholars, writers and mentors and work full- and part-time to contribute to the elevated quality of the graduate programs on campus. Many are nationally recognized through their publications, research grants, and other professional activities.
“Even in these budget times, we have high quality teaching,” said Powers. “We are moving forward.”
U.S. News rankings are formed from data gathered from each college and is based on 15 indicators of academic excellence. Each factor is assigned a weight that reflects their judgment of how a measure matters. Online Colleges Degrees in each category are ranked based on their composite weighted score.
This allows families to judge the qualities of these institutions to compare a variety of schools’ numbers and opportunities for the prospective student.
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