{"id":14321,"date":"2014-08-18T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bemidjistate.edu\/bsutoday\/?p=14321"},"modified":"2021-11-01T16:03:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T21:03:18","slug":"edudemic-affordability-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2014\/08\/18\/edudemic-affordability-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji State offers one of the nation\u2019s most-affordable online educations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bemidji State University has been named one of the most-affordable universities in the nation for obtaining an online education.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bemidjistate.edu\/bsutoday\/files\/2014\/08\/xedudemic-logo.png.pagespeed.ic_.lbbvb0W5y1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatright alignnone wp-image-14322 img-fluid\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bemidjistate.edu\/bsutoday\/files\/2014\/08\/xedudemic-logo.png.pagespeed.ic_.lbbvb0W5y1.png\" alt=\"xedudemic-logo.png.pagespeed.ic.lbbvb0W5y1\" width=\"160\" height=\"45\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/xedudemic-logo.png.pagespeed.ic_.lbbvb0W5y1.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/xedudemic-logo.png.pagespeed.ic_.lbbvb0W5y1.png 320w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/xedudemic-logo.png.pagespeed.ic_.lbbvb0W5y1-300x84.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>Edudemic, a site that connects educators, administrators and students to the latest academic technology resources, listed BSU&nbsp;39th in its &ldquo;2014 Most Affordable Online Schools&rdquo; rankings.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;BSU&rsquo;s online programs offer the same standards in faculty and curriculum that our on-campus students find in a traditional classroom.&rdquo; Lynn Johnson, director of BSU&rsquo;s Center for Extended Learning, said. &ldquo;This ranking illustrates how the quality of our support programs for online students, the credentials of our faculty and the delivery of relevant programming combine to create an affordable, high-quality experience for our online students.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bemidji State&rsquo;s Center for Extended Learning offers seven undergraduate programs and five graduate programs that can be completed entirely online. Students enrolled at BSU and living out-of-state pay the same tuition rates as Minnesota residents.<\/p>\n<p>Edudemic&rsquo;s rankings score colleges and universities using a weighted formula that includes a variety of factors including retention rate, graduation rate, in-state and out-of-state tuition and breadth of offerings.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The colleges on our list aren&rsquo;t the cheapest online colleges,&rdquo; Edudemic said in a release announcing its rankings. &ldquo;&rsquo;Cheap&rsquo; is a meaningless indicator of an online school&rsquo;s affordability since it does not take into account your ability to pay or what type of education you actually receive. Instead, we&rsquo;re looking for low-cost, high-quality programs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Oregon State University was the top school in Edudemic&rsquo;s listing. Other Minnesota schools included in the rankings are the University of Minnesota (17th), Concordia University-St. Paul (87th) and the University of Minnesota Crookston (98th).<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Edudemic<\/strong><br>\nEdudemic aims to connect teachers, administrators, students and just about everyone else with the best technology on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Edudemic has grown into one of the leading education technology sites on the web. It is a vibrant forum of discussion, discovery and knowledge. The site features tools, tips, resources, visuals and guest posts from dozens of authors around the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/ljohnson\">Lynn Johnson<\/a>, director of extended learning; (218) 755-2068<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><br>\n&bull;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/distance\/\">BSU Center for Extended Learning<\/a><br>\n&bull;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edudemic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Edudemic<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><br>\n&bull;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edudemic.com\/affordable-online-colleges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">2014 Most Affordable Online Schools<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bemidji State University has been named one of the most-affordable universities in the nation for obtaining an online education. Edudemic, a site that connects educators, administrators and students to the latest academic technology resources, listed BSU&nbsp;39th in its &ldquo;2014 Most Affordable Online Schools&rdquo; rankings. &ldquo;BSU&rsquo;s online programs offer the same standards in faculty and curriculum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[681],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18961,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14321\/revisions\/18961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}