RALEIGH, N.C. (December 3, 2024) – Wake Tech has been named to America's Top Online Colleges 2025 list. This marks the third year that Wake Tech was included in the prestigious ranking presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider.

Wake Tech is among 250 higher education institutions recognized across the nation.

Wake Tech Online offers more than 100 fully online associate degree, diploma and certificate programs. With a robust array of virtual resources and a comprehensive training program for online faculty and students, Wake Tech serves more online students than any community college in North Carolina. In 2023-24, some 15,000 Wake Tech students took classes fully online, while nearly 16,000 took some classes online. Most Wake Tech degree students take at least one online class.

America's Top Online Colleges 2025 highlights the nation's top colleges and universities with online degrees based on an independent survey from more than 10,000 respondents that participated in online college degree programs and/or general online learning courses in the United States. Respondents shared their experiences by rating the institutions regarding several criteria, including organization and accessibility, support and service, cost of program, perceived organizational reputation, expected success and practical relevance of contents. Finally, respondents could indicate how satisfied they were with the college and to what extent they would recommend it to others.

Wake Tech's EPIC (eLearning Preparedness Initiative across the College) training program provides students and faculty with specific training and tools needed to improve student performance and success in online courses. All full-time instructors have completed the EPIC 30 online instruction certification program.

For more information about online programs at Wake Tech, visit online.waketech.edu.

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