Nova Southeastern University’s Psychology Program Honored as One of Nation’s Best

NSU Recognized for Outstanding Online Master’s in Psychology Program

FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University is no stranger to online college course offerings. In fact, NSU was leading the way when many institutions of higher learning were asking “what’s an online course?”

Now NSU has been honored for its online master’s program in psychology by BestColleges.com. When the final tally was taken, NSU’s program ranked 12^th overall from colleges and universities from across the United States – and NSU is the highest ranked Florida college or university.

“Once again NSU is recognized as providing a high-quality educational program to students, something we’ve been doing for more than 50 years,” said George L. Hanbury, II, Ph.D., President and CEO of Nova Southeastern University. “This is in keeping with our Vision 2020, where NSU will be recognized by accrediting agencies, the academic community and general public as a premier, private, not-for-profit university of quality and distinction. We are committed to providing rigorous educational opportunities and programs that meet our students’ varied needs and properly prepare them to thrive after graduation.”

According to BestColleges.com, the rankings were compiled by using the latest information from the IPEDS and College Navigator databases, both of which are reputable sources maintained by the National Center for Education Statistics. When ranking master’s programs, officials reviewed several metrics, including: acceptance rate, retention rate, graduation rate and enrollment rate. Each school was ranked against one another for each metric, with all metrics being weighted equally.

For more information about NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies, please visit us ONLINE (cps.nova.edu).

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About Nova Southeastern University (NSU): Located in beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida, NSU is a dynamic research institution dedicated to providing high-quality educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate and first-professional degrees levels.  An independent, not-for-profit institution with approximately 25,000 students, NSU has campuses in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Miramar, Orlando, Palm Beach and Tampa, Florida as well as  San Juan, Puerto Rico and online globally.  For more than 50 years, NSU has been awarding degrees in a wide range of fields, while fostering groundbreaking research and an impactful commitment to community. Classified as a research university with “high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, NSU is one of only 37 universities nationwide to also be awarded Carnegie’s Community Engagement Classification. For more information, please visit www.nova.edu

About NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies: The Center for Psychological Studies (CPS) maintains a three-part mission: graduate education and training in psychology and counseling; service to the community; and clinical research. Through the relationship between its psychology services center and its academic programs, learning is rooted in real problems and research activities that attempt to find answers to extant concerns. CPS offers programs of excellence in educating future mental health practitioners and professionals in related fields, in advancing knowledge about psychological problems and their treatment, and in providing high-quality services that address society’s current mental health and community needs. For more information, please visit http://cps.nova.edu

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