Georgia Tech’s online computer-science program has 2,789 students this semester

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/online-degree-hits-learning-curve-1450055726

"The program graduated its first class of students on Friday. All 20 of them.

Georgia Tech, with $3.5 million in backing from AT&T Inc., was on the forefront of an effort to harness the technology of massive, open, online courses, or MOOCs, to offer a high-quality education at a fraction of the cost of a traditional degree."

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The article you linked cannot be read without an account.

For those interested, here is a link to the program: http://www.omscs.gatech.edu/

It is (AFAIK) only for a master’s in computer science.