Welcome to the U.S. News & World Report 2016 Best Online Programs peer reputation survey!

As a higher academic or coordinator involved in your institution’s distance education degree program(s), you have a perspective on the quality of online programs that makes your opinions uniquely valuable. Moreover, you are in a position to call upon the expertise of faculty to supplement your knowledge.

School ratings on program quality will complement the statistical data collection being separately administered by U.S. News from August through October of 2015. U.S. News & World Report will use these peer reputation data in tandem with the statistical survey data to compute the next edition of the Best Online Programs rankings at www.usnews.com in January 2016.

This survey is only being administered online via this site. Please complete it by the date indicated on your postcard.

To begin, enter the eleven-digit ID and six-digit Password assigned to you; then click the "Take Survey" button underneath. Should you exit the survey unexpectedly or accidentally close your Internet browser, please wait fifteen minutes before re-entering the website address from your postcard.

Be assured that your individual survey response is kept confidential. Only aggregate survey results will be published.

On behalf of U.S. News and its millions of readers, thank you for your time and care in providing this valuable information.

Cordially,

Eric Brooks
Senior Data Analyst
U.S. News & World Report