Beyond Excellence
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The University of Illinois at Springfield has extended its reach through online classes that are taken by students across the country and around the world.
Recently the UIS online program was honored by the Sloan Consortium with the prestigious award for Exellence in Institution-Wide Online Teaching and Learning Programming.
National Public Radio featured the UIS Online program on the "Morning Edition" program. You can read and hear the report online.
UIS Online Fast Facts
In the last academic year:
- Students living in 47 states and 11 foreign countries studied online
- 64.2% of all UIS students took at least one online class
- 37.8% of online majors pursued UIS degrees from other states or outside the country
- More than 200 faculty members taught online
- The average age of our online students was in the mid-30s
- Online courses accounted for more than 9,650 cumulative enrollments