{"id":8197,"date":"2026-03-10T10:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/?page_id=8197"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:20:09","slug":"online-programs-at-scale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/featured-programs\/online-programs-at-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Programs at Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<div class=\"intro-text intro-text--shortcode intro-text--lg\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">BU Virtual is breaking new ground in online education by offering programs designed to reach learners at scale without compromising rigor or relevance. Our Online MBA, Online Master of Public Health, and Online Master\u2019s in Data Science exemplify this approach\u2014providing high-quality, career-aligned graduate education to a broad audience at a $25K price point. As one of the first R1 universities to offer such programs, Boston University demonstrates that excellence, workforce impact, accessibility, and scale can go hand in hand\u2014enabling professionals across industries to upskill, reskill, and advance their careers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">BU Virtual\u2019s innovative approach to online graduate education is grounded in interdisciplinary collaboration, exemplified by the Faculty of Computing &amp; Data Science. The Online Master\u2019s in Data Science\u2014the first online graduate program from this faculty\u2014served as a catalyst for our new AI Cluster. This highlights how cross-school partnerships enable us to design comprehensive, connected programs that respond to the evolving needs of learners and employers. This integrated model ensures that our AI Cluster delivers not only technical excellence but also broad, real-world relevance and impact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":22504,"featured_media":0,"parent":7788,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22504"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8197"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8748,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8197\/revisions\/8748"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}