{"id":91798,"date":"2018-11-08T09:24:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T14:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91798///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91798//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91798//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91798//?p=91798"},"modified":"2018-11-09T08:35:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T13:35:44","slug":"active-duty-service-members-find-success-ucf-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91798///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91798//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91798//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91798//active-duty-service-members-find-success-ucf-online/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91798//","title":{"rendered":"Active-Duty Service Members Find Success in UCF Online"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although they/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91798/u2019ve never met, Rachel Riley and Eric Christiansen share a thread of connections as UCF students./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91798/n

They both come from military families. They both want to become teachers someday. And they both are among the 18 UCF students currently serving in the U.S. military while also pursuing degrees through UCF Online./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91798/n

The United States has more than 1.3 million active-duty military service members and millions of veterans. Thanks to the flexibility, convenience and affordability that online-degree programs can offer, many of these men and women have the opportunity to pursue a college education while enlisted or when they finish their service./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91798/n

In 2018, UCF Online placed among the top 15 universities in the country for online undergraduate programs for veterans, according to U.S. News & World Report./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91798/n