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CGCE NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
U.S. News & World Report Honors Rowan Online Grad ProgramsMarch 2012 U.S News & World Report acknowledges what thousands of students a year already know: Rowan University offers exceptional online graduate programs.
The prestigious publication recently cited the Rohrer College of Business, College of Education and College of Engineering at Rowan in several areas, including those listed below.
Rohrer College of Business MBA program: No. 1 in New Jersey for Faculty Credentials and Training (31st in the nation)
College of EducationNo. 1 in New Jersey for Student Engagement and Accreditation (28th in the nation)
College of EngineeringNo. 1 in New Jersey for Student Engagement and Accreditation (19th in the nation)
Rowan’s College of Graduate and Continuing Education (CGCE), founded just six years ago, oversees the online graduate programs in partnership with the University’s six academic colleges (Business, Communication, Education, Engineering, Fine & Performing Arts, and Liberal Arts & Sciences).
The Rohrer College of Business, College of Education and College of Engineering all have national reputations and are accredited. AACSB International (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accredits the Rohrer College of Business, which also earned accreditation for its Management Information Systems program from ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education accredits the College of Education, whose programs have met the national guidelines of numerous professional organizations. ABET accredits the College of Engineering. Additionally, U.S. News ranks the College of Engineering 16th in the nation (seventh among public schools) among all colleges and universities whose engineering programs offer a bachelor’s or master’s degree as their highest degree.
The awards for the online programs are an important new achievement for those colleges.
“Rowan University has spent several years honing its online offerings to meet the needs of today’s traditional and non-traditional students,” said Dr. Ali Houshmand, interim president of Rowan University. “While our students are our most important ‘evaluators,’ we are honored to be recognized by such a prestigious publication as U.S. News & World Report in its inaugural assessment of online programs.”
And students indeed have been enthusiastic about Rowan’s offerings.
During a given year, the college offers more than 1,000 courses to more than 13,000 students (includes traditional on-campus graduate, summer session, online and off-campus courses). In CGCE, the RN-to-BSN program alone has grown about 700 percent in just a few years, and it now offers classes at four health systems and Gloucester County College, as well as at Rowan.
Steve Jagels, 38, is one of the students benefitting from an online graduate program at Rowan.
A technical manager for Precision Polymer Engineering, headquartered in England, the Pine Hill resident started in the online MBA program last summer.
“I think it really meets my needs for good business education without the hassle. They make it easy to get a good education for a good value,” said Jagels, 38, who earned B.S. in molecular biology from Tulane University.
CGCE primarily serves the adult student population, including college graduates pursuing graduate or doctoral studies, former college students taking classes to complete their bachelor’s degree and employees seeking professional development. Rowan offers traditional-format graduate-level (including post-bac and doctoral) courses for part-time and full-time students. The school also offers non-traditional format courses and programs from undergraduate through doctoral levels online, off-site, on Saturdays only, in an accelerated timeline or some combination of these. Rowan also offers professional development and personal enrichment non-credit courses, workshops and seminars.
Through CGCE, Rowan currently offers more than 55 graduate, seven post-bac, one doctoral, three dual degrees and four undergraduate degree completion programs.
Information SessionsJanuary 2012 New spring information sessions are scheduled for the month of March. Attend an information session to learn more about the programs offered through CGCE, and waive the $65 application fee. For more information on the upcoming information sessions, and to register, please click here.
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The Rowan University, College of Engineering recognizes the increasingly important need to introduce sustainable development concepts to students and working professionals and has therefore established a new Certificate of Graduate Study in Sustainable Engineering scheduled to begin fall 2011. 
