{"id":75182,"date":"2017-05-04T16:18:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T21:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=75182"},"modified":"2017-05-04T16:18:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T21:18:35","slug":"criminology-program-ranked-national-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2017\/05\/criminology-program-ranked-national-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminology program ranked in national poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Delta State University was recently ranked in\u00a0SR Education Group&#8217;s 2017 Top Online Colleges for Criminology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Delta State came in at No. 4 in the national poll.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our fully online program recognizes the various life commitments that graduate students face and allows them the opportunity to obtain an affordable advanced degree no matter their geographical location,&#8221; said Dr. Lauren Norman, assistant professor of criminology and sociology. &#8220;By remaining affordable, our program allows individuals to strengthen their understanding of the criminal justice system all while giving back to the community at large.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The ranking\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\">is based on value of online criminology programs at accredited online schools across the nation, taking into consideration academic strength factors along with annual tuition rates in order to provide a list of colleges offering the best value to students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Making it on this list shows high academic standards and a commitment to affordability, two key factors important to prospective students. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">View the full ranking at\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guidetoonlineschools.com\/degrees\/criminology#best-value\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.guidetoonlineschools.com\/degrees\/criminology#best-value<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sr-about\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sreducationgroup.org\/\" target=\"\">SR Education Group<\/a> created Guide to Online Schools to help students choose the best school for their career aspirations and budget. The organization&#8217;s\u00a0mission is to be the most authoritative online resource for students, dedicated to making objective information about education, careers and college financing easily accessible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State University was recently ranked in\u00a0SR Education Group&#8217;s 2017 Top Online Colleges for Criminology. Delta State came in at No. 4 in the national poll. &#8220;Our fully online program&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":75183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1454,1371,1476],"class_list":["post-75182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-academics","tag-criminology","tag-online","tag-ranking"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75182"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75216,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75182\/revisions\/75216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}