{"id":5819,"date":"2024-05-14T09:31:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T14:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/?p=5819"},"modified":"2024-05-14T09:37:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T14:37:37","slug":"university-hq-recognizes-ntc-among-minnesotas-best-two-year-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/14\/university-hq-recognizes-ntc-among-minnesotas-best-two-year-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"University HQ Recognizes NTC Among Minnesota&#8217;s Best Two-Year Colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northwest Technical College in Bemidji continues to be recognized as one of Minnesota&rsquo;s premier education destinations for students seeking training in a skilled trade.<\/p>\n<p>The website University HQ has recently ranked NTC&mdash;Bemidji&rsquo;s Technical College as one of Minnesota&rsquo;s best choices for those seeking associate&rsquo;s degrees and as one of its best online two-year colleges.<\/p>\n<p>The site ranked NTC 13th on its list, &ldquo;Top 25 Best Online Associate &amp; Community Colleges in Minnesota,&rdquo; and 14th on its list, &ldquo;Top 25 Best Associate Degree Programs in Minnesota.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>University HQ compiles data from a variety of reputable sources, including the federal government&rsquo;s College Navigator and College Scorecard, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Payscale. Best Colleges rankings include a variety of data related to academics, graduate outcomes, affordability and institutional reputation. A complete look at the organization&rsquo;s methodology is available on its website.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5821 img-fluid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/202405-UniversityHQbadges.jpg\" alt='Two award badges &mdash;&nbsp;one says \"Top 25 online associate college programs in Minnesota\" and one says \"Top 25 associate programs in Minnesota\". Each is surrounded by gold leaves with a banner at the bottom that reads \"University HQ\"' width=\"949\" height=\"200\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/202405-UniversityHQbadges.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Learn More<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>NTC on the National Center for Education Statistics&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/collegenavigator\/?q=northwest+technical+college&amp;s=all&amp;id=173115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">College Navigator<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NTC on the U.S. Department of Education&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/collegescorecard.ed.gov\/school\/?173115-Northwest-Technical-College\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">College Scorecard<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>University HQ: &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/universityhq.org\/best-colleges\/online-colleges-minnesota\/#cc%5C_rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Top 25 Best Online Associate &amp; Community Colleges in Minnesota<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>&ldquo;<\/li>\n<li>University HQ: &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/universityhq.org\/best-colleges\/minnesota\/#associate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Top 25 Best Associate Degree Programs in Minnesota<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>&ldquo;<\/li>\n<li>University HQ&rsquo;s ranking methodology: &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/universityhq.org\/best-colleges\/rankings\/#methodology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">University HQ&rsquo;s College Education Rankings<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>&ldquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University HQ named NTC on its lists of the 25 best online colleges and associate&#8217;s degree programs in Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5819"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5823,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819\/revisions\/5823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}