Top Online Colleges

Our top online colleges and universities have earned spots on our list based on metrics they have reported to the U.S. Department of Education including graduation rates and retention rates. We also leveraged our proprietary student satisfaction scores to let you know which schools have truly made a difference in the lives of their alumni. Here is a quick listing of top online schools:

Featured School: Ashford University

We have collected some important statistics from all of the top online colleges and online universities to help you make an informed decision. You can quickly see the cost of tuition at the online college you are considering as well as the size of the student population. If you see a zero in either the tuition or student population column it is due to the fact that the information was not available with the U.S. Department of Education. Feel free to search our database of all the top online colleges:

Top Online Colleges (Statistics from the U.S. Dept. of Education)

Institution Name	Tuition	# of Students
A T Still University of Health Sciences	0	2,880
Abilene Christian University	17,410	4,675
American Intercontinental University Online	12,258	22,173
American Public University System	0	14,769
Amridge University	6,240	720
Anna Maria College	24,617	1,244
Antonelli College	15,127	377
Antonelli Institute	17,250	239
Argosy University-Chicago	16,752	2,061
Arizona State University	17,003	51,481
Ashford University	15,340	10,568
Baker College of Muskegon	6,660	5,013
Bay Path College	22,073	1,603
Bellevue University	5,445	7,792
Benedictine University	21,310	4,573
Boise State University	12,578	19,540
Boston University	35,418	32,053
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	16,368	18,619
Brandeis University	35,702	5,333
Bryant and Stratton College-Buffalo	13,080	614
California State University-Monterey Bay	13,426	4,080
California State University-Northridge	13,520	35,446
Capella University	10,800	21,773
Chamberlain College of Nursing - St. Louis Campus	12,730	1,452
Champlain College	22,550	2,796
Clarion University of Pennsylvania	12,132	6,795
Colorado Technical University Online	11,536	21,876
Corban College	20,690	959
Creighton University	26,634	6,992
Crown College	18,588	1,270
Cumberland University	15,550	1,335
DeSales University	23,900	2,898
DeVry University	13,220	19,417
Drexel University	29,065	20,682
Duquesne University	23,950	10,296
Eastern Kentucky University	15,842	15,839
ECPI College of Technology	10,140	8,122
Everest College-Phoenix	13,680	552
Everest University-Tampa	10,944	409
Everglades University	11,720	965
Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences	8,170	2,207
Florida National College	11,720	2,158
Fordham University	32,720	14,448
Fort Hays State University	8,435	9,588
Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing	0	545
Full Sail University	45,995	6,150
George Washington University	39,240	25,078
Golden Gate University-San Francisco	12,240	3,550
Gonzaga University	26,658	6,873
Graceland University-Lamoni	17,900	2,462
Grand Canyon University	14,320	13,415
Gratz College	11,570	441
Hawaii Pacific University	13,080	7,943
Herzing College	15,620	1,842
Hodges University	10,238	1,699
Indiana State University	14,666	10,543
International Academy of Design and Technology	18,780	2,255
Jones International University	10,840	1,588
Kaplan University	11,820	32,734
Keiser University-Ft. Lauderdale	13,256	11,548
Kent State University Kent Campus	15,862	22,819
LA College International	0	85
Lancaster Bible College	14,520	960
Lehigh University	35,610	6,845
Lesley University	25,750	7,003
LeTourneau University	17,910	3,925
Lewis University	20,450	5,347
Liberty University	15,800	27,068
Lincoln College	18,000	1,266
Loyola University New Orleans	26,508	4,360
Malone University	18,870	2,371
Marylhurst University	15,570	1,433
Miller-Motte College	16,512	719
Mountain State University	6,480	4,847
National American University-Rapid City	12,482	1,559
New England College	25,100	1,460
New England Culinary Institute	0	456
New Jersey Institute of Technology	20,082	8,288
New York Medical College	0	1,377
New York University	35,290	41,783
Northcentral University	9,000	4,949
Northeastern University	31,899	24,434
Northwestern College	20,990	3,026
Northwestern University	35,429	19,005
Norwich University	24,430	3,442
Nova Southeastern University	19,450	27,518
Ohio Christian University	13,040	636
Ohio University-Main Campus	17,871	21,089
Oklahoma Wesleyan University	15,500	1,046
Oregon State University	18,187	19,738
Ottawa University	17,350	489
Philadelphia University	25,556	3,349
Polytechnic Institute of New York University	30,972	3,317
Portland State University	17,830	24,963
Post University	22,550	1,271
Quinnipiac University	28,720	7,216
Rasmussen College-Eden Prairie	17,100	807
Rasmussen College-St Cloud	17,100	743
Regent University	10,488	4,115
RETS College	8,641	744
Rochester Institute of Technology	26,481	14,849
Rutgers University-Newark	19,435	10,553
Saint Johns University	26,570	2,080
Saint Joseph's University	30,985	7,542
Saint Josephs College	21,880	1,070
Saint Leo University	16,420	13,788
Saint Xavier University	21,236	5,675
San Joaquin Valley College-Online	12,340	436
Southern New Hampshire University	23,346	6,439
Sterling College	15,500	603
Stetson University	28,780	3,721
Stevens-Henager College	17,825	433
Stratford University	13,950	860
Strayer University	11,712	35,754
Sullivan University	14,850	4,538
Syracuse University	31,686	19,084
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh	18,834	10,975
Thomas University	10,570	725
Tidewater Community College	7,719	25,857
Tiffin University	16,800	2,357
University of California-Irvine	27,176	26,483
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	23,932	29,319
University of Florida	17,841	51,725
University of Georgia	20,726	33,831
University of Illinois at Chicago	22,936	25,747
University of La Verne	25,590	7,370
University of Maryland-Baltimore County	17,440	12,041
University of Maryland-University College	11,304	32,540
University of Massachusetts-Central Office	0	0
University of Memphis	16,630	20,379
University of Minnesota-Crookston	8,821	2,346
University of Missouri-Columbia	17,549	28,405
University of Nebraska at Kearney	9,454	6,478
University of New England	25,605	3,792
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	20,988	28,136
University of Saint Mary	17,270	882
University of Scranton	28,758	5,612
University of Southern California	35,809	33,408
University of the Rockies	0	146
University of Wisconsin-Superior	13,485	2,753
Upper Iowa University	19,625	5,143
Utica College	24,584	3,047
Vanderbilt University	35,278	11,847
Virginia College-Birmingham	13,532	3,826
Walden University	0	29,455
Western Governors University	5,580	9,022
Western International University	8,400	8,909
Westwood College-Denver North	12,579	5,126
Widener University-Main Campus	28,630	4,866
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	34,830	4,158