Being one of the largest, non-profit universities in the United States, Boston University managed to develop a reliable online learning environment for higher education. The study offer includes a broad range of online graduate programs, diplomas, and non-credit professional certificates, as well as an undergraduate degree completion program and even some online doctoral programs. Course content includes online lectures, videos, interactive animations and discussion boards. Boston University received the Sloan Consortium award for Excellence in Institution-Wide Online Education and the U.S. Distance Learning Association award for 21st Century Best Practices.