Two colleges at East Carolina University earned top-20 spots in a new ranking of online education programs in U.S. News & World Report.

The national magazine released its first Top Online Education Programs ranking on Tuesday, saying online enrollment in the U.S. is at an all-time high with more than 6.1 million students.

ECU’s College of Nursing ranked 18 out of 79 master’s or doctorate of nursing practice programs, and the online MBA curriculum in the College of Business ranked 17 out of 161 graduate business programs. The results are available at www.usnews.com.

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