Acceptance Rate and Application Statistics
The following table compares the admission related statistics including number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled between best Online Graduate Education schools. The average acceptance rate of best Online Graduate Education schools is 63.44% and the average admission yield (enrollment rate) is 24.71%.
University of Virginia-Main Campus has the tighest (lowest) acceptance rate of 18.66% and Texas A & M University-College Station has the highest yield (enrollment rate) of 45.91% among best Online Graduate Education schools. The numbers in parenthesis() in below table represent the number and rate by gender (men/women). The statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2022-2023.
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| Rank | Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Enrollment Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clemson University | 52,819 (20,644/32,170) | 22,704 (8,497/14,207) | 4,588 (1,912/2,676) | 43% (41%/44%) | 20% (23%/8%) | |
| 2 | University of Florida | 64,473 (28,248/36,225) | 15,054 (6,358/8,696) | 6,612 (2,730/3,882) | 23% (23%/24%) | 44% (43%/11%) | |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 63,257 (36,223/27,010) | 28,354 (13,926/14,418) | 7,957 (4,076/3,879) | 45% (38%/53%) | 28% (29%/14%) | |
| 4 | SUNY at Albany | 25,976 (10,933/15,043) | 17,639 (7,047/10,592) | 2,651 (1,114/1,537) | 68% (64%/70%) | 15% (16%/10%) | |
| 5 | University of North Texas | 32,016 (13,794/18,222) | 25,335 (10,578/14,757) | 6,624 (2,895/3,729) | 79% (77%/81%) | 26% (27%/20%) | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 60,214 (29,555/30,659) | 29,539 (13,386/16,153) | 8,628 (3,918/4,710) | 49% (45%/53%) | 29% (29%/15%) | |
| 7 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 68,789 (34,073/34,632) | 61,739 (30,036/31,628) | 15,151 (7,693/7,428) | 90% (88%/91%) | 25% (26%/21%) | |
| 8 | San Diego State University | 77,250 (31,570/45,680) | 30,331 (11,447/18,884) | 6,573 (2,564/4,009) | 39% (36%/41%) | 22% (22%/9%) | |
| 9 | University of Georgia | 39,320 (16,218/23,087) | 16,729 (6,149/10,574) | 6,273 (2,362/3,909) | 43% (38%/46%) | 37% (38%/17%) | |
| 10 | Auburn University | 45,693 (18,548/27,145) | 19,988 (8,261/11,727) | 5,303 (2,481/2,822) | 44% (45%/43%) | 27% (30%/10%) | |
| 11 | Michigan State University | 53,341 (24,979/28,362) | 46,914 (21,668/25,246) | 9,829 (4,730/5,099) | 88% (87%/89%) | 21% (22%/18%) | |
| 12 | Montclair State University | 21,393 (8,076/13,317) | 19,535 (7,211/12,324) | 3,946 (1,633/2,313) | 91% (89%/93%) | 20% (23%/17%) | |
| 13 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 43,422 (22,007/21,415) | 27,203 (14,043/13,160) | 12,490 (6,718/5,772) | 63% (64%/61%) | 46% (48%/27%) | |
| 14 | University of Houston | 29,783 (12,623/17,160) | 19,728 (8,096/11,632) | 5,555 (2,385/3,170) | 66% (64%/68%) | 28% (29%/18%) | |
| 15 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 12,253 (6,467/5,785) | 10,532 (5,538/4,993) | 1,937 (1,187/750) | 86% (86%/86%) | 18% (21%/13%) | |
| 16 | Kansas State University | 9,706 (4,489/5,217) | 9,234 (4,244/4,990) | 2,909 (1,444/1,465) | 95% (95%/96%) | 32% (34%/28%) | |
| 17 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 857 (347/505) | 700 (286/409) | 299 (135/159) | 82% (82%/81%) | 43% (47%/31%) | |
| 18 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20,303 (8,547/11,756) | 16,065 (6,583/9,482) | 4,983 (2,151/2,832) | 79% (77%/81%) | 31% (33%/24%) | |
| 19 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 42,188 (16,818/25,370) | 27,022 (9,970/17,052) | 6,574 (2,591/3,983) | 64% (59%/67%) | 24% (26%/16%) | |
| 20 | The University of Alabama | 54,072 (21,550/32,522) | 43,290 (17,129/26,161) | 8,037 (3,490/4,547) | 80% (79%/80%) | 19% (20%/14%) | |
| 21 | University of Delaware | 35,362 (13,830/21,532) | 26,101 (9,635/16,466) | 4,906 (1,924/2,982) | 74% (70%/76%) | 19% (20%/14%) | |
| 22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 50,926 (23,195/27,731) | 9,503 (4,116/5,387) | 4,022 (1,735/2,287) | 19% (18%/19%) | 42% (42%/8%) | |
| 23 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 68,582 (42,068/26,514) | 36,146 (19,147/16,999) | 9,447 (5,229/4,218) | 53% (46%/64%) | 26% (27%/16%) | |
| 24 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 21,355 (9,262/12,093) | 17,007 (7,257/9,750) | 4,157 (2,019/2,138) | 80% (78%/81%) | 24% (28%/18%) | |
| 25 | Ball State University | 22,859 (8,056/14,803) | 15,761 (5,280/10,481) | 3,477 (1,315/2,162) | 69% (66%/71%) | 22% (25%/15%) | |
| 26 | Creighton University | 7,977 (3,283/4,694) | 6,038 (2,536/3,502) | 1,028 (446/582) | 76% (77%/75%) | 17% (18%/12%) | |
| 27 | Florida State University | 78,088 (31,200/46,872) | 19,552 (7,829/11,718) | 6,033 (2,415/3,618) | 25% (25%/25%) | 31% (31%/8%) | |
| 28 | University of Kentucky | 22,109 (8,810/13,113) | 20,979 (8,211/12,599) | 6,061 (2,362/3,684) | 95% (93%/96%) | 29% (29%/28%) | |
| 29 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18,242 (6,723/11,519) | 16,600 (6,006/10,594) | 4,167 (1,455/2,712) | 91% (89%/92%) | 25% (24%/24%) | |
| 30 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 50,080 (23,646/26,434) | 41,272 (19,322/21,950) | 9,736 (4,887/4,849) | 82% (82%/83%) | 24% (25%/18%) | |
| 31 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 35,568 (17,461/18,107) | 16,779 (7,434/9,345) | 5,627 (2,727/2,900) | 47% (43%/52%) | 34% (37%/16%) | |
| 32 | Quinnipiac University | 18,668 (7,037/11,631) | 15,641 (5,911/9,730) | 1,605 (636/969) | 84% (84%/84%) | 10% (11%/8%) | |
| 33 | Sam Houston State University | 16,316 (5,564/10,752) | 13,809 (4,549/9,260) | 3,394 (1,246/2,148) | 85% (82%/86%) | 25% (27%/20%) | |
| 34 | Towson University | 17,770 (6,781/10,989) | 13,967 (5,094/8,873) | 2,671 (1,053/1,618) | 79% (75%/81%) | 19% (21%/15%) | |
| 35 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 29,025 (13,240/15,785) | 25,024 (11,523/13,501) | 6,369 (3,177/3,192) | 86% (87%/86%) | 25% (28%/20%) | |
| 36 | University of Kansas | 16,204 (7,271/8,933) | 14,234 (6,102/8,132) | 4,457 (1,982/2,475) | 88% (84%/91%) | 31% (32%/28%) | |
| 37 | Southern Wesleyan University | 846 (312/513) | 433 (163/265) | 148 (62/86) | 51% (52%/52%) | 34% (38%/17%) | |
| 38 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 9,947 (3,451/6,496) | 8,622 (2,870/5,752) | 2,217 (755/1,462) | 87% (83%/89%) | 26% (26%/23%) | |
| 39 | University of Arizona | 52,091 (23,387/28,704) | 45,194 (19,865/25,329) | 9,027 (3,804/5,223) | 87% (85%/88%) | 20% (19%/18%) | |
| 40 | University of Iowa | 25,729 (11,278/14,388) | 22,128 (9,789/12,281) | 5,178 (2,152/2,986) | 86% (87%/85%) | 23% (22%/21%) | |
| 41 | University of Mississippi | 22,311 (8,859/13,449) | 21,727 (8,617/13,107) | 4,465 (1,916/2,549) | 97% (97%/97%) | 21% (22%/19%) | |
| 42 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 6,794 (2,770/4,016) | 5,842 (2,295/3,541) | 863 (318/545) | 86% (83%/88%) | 15% (14%/14%) | |
| 43 | Drake University | 8,621 (3,881/4,699) | 5,796 (2,446/3,340) | 733 (296/437) | 67% (63%/71%) | 13% (12%/9%) | |
| 44 | Drexel University | 37,040 (17,115/19,389) | 29,487 (13,403/15,673) | 2,935 (1,484/1,393) | 80% (78%/81%) | 10% (11%/7%) | |
| 45 | Florida International University | 17,343 (6,980/10,363) | 11,075 (4,369/6,706) | 4,424 (1,877/2,547) | 64% (63%/65%) | 40% (43%/25%) | |
| 46 | North Carolina A & T State University | 25,762 (8,148/17,614) | 14,526 (4,353/10,173) | 3,075 (1,006/2,069) | 56% (53%/58%) | 21% (23%/12%) | |
| 47 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 21,963 (9,620/12,343) | 17,747 (7,592/10,155) | 4,858 (2,231/2,627) | 81% (79%/82%) | 27% (29%/21%) | |
| 48 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 19,512 (7,014/12,498) | 15,757 (5,343/10,414) | 2,441 (1,055/1,386) | 81% (76%/83%) | 15% (20%/11%) | |
| 49 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 19,102 (8,541/10,561) | 15,022 (6,588/8,434) | 4,640 (2,256/2,384) | 79% (77%/80%) | 31% (34%/23%) | |
| 50 | University of Northern Iowa | 4,594 (1,753/2,841) | 4,362 (1,650/2,712) | 1,436 (519/917) | 95% (94%/95%) | 33% (31%/32%) | |
| Average | 31,958 (14,125/14,125) | 20,275 (8,595/11,665) | 5,010 (2,251/2,756) | 63.44% (60.8%/82.6%) | 24.71% (26.2%/23.6%) | ||
SAT Scores Comparison
The average SAT score of best Online Graduate Education schools is 1234. By subject, the average score of the SAT EBRW(Evidence-based Reading and Writing) is 618 and the average SAT Math score is 616.
University of Virginia-Main Campus has the highest SAT scores of 1,490 and Sam Houston State University has the lowest SAT scores of 1,050 among best Online Graduate Education schools. The following table compares SAT Scores between best Online Graduate Education schools for the academic year 2022-2023.
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| Rank | Name | Submit%* (Submit#**) | SAT Total | Evidence-Based Reading and Writing | Math | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clemson University | 45% (2,050) | 1320 | 660 | 660 | |
| 2 | University of Florida | 81% (5,358) | 1390 | 690 | 700 | |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 44% (3,485) | 1440 | 700 | 740 | |
| 4 | SUNY at Albany | 15% (401) | 1190 | 600 | 590 | |
| 5 | University of North Texas | 42% (2,814) | 1120 | 570 | 550 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 17% (1,457) | 1430 | 690 | 740 | |
| 7 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | Test Score is NOT considered for Arizona State University Campus Immersion admission. | ||||
| 8 | San Diego State University | Test Score is NOT considered for San Diego State University admission. | ||||
| 9 | University of Georgia | 46% (2,875) | 1310 | 660 | 650 | |
| 10 | Auburn University | 17% (824) | 1300 | 650 | 650 | |
| 11 | Michigan State University | 39% (3,834) | 1260 | 630 | 630 | |
| 12 | Montclair State University | 14% (553) | 1080 | 550 | 530 | |
| 13 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 78% (9,745) | 1270 | 630 | 640 | |
| 14 | University of Houston | 52% (2,869) | 1240 | 620 | 620 | |
| 15 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 31% (602) | 1250 | 620 | 630 | |
| 16 | Kansas State University | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| 17 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 13% (39) | 1130 | 580 | 550 | |
| 18 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 9% (453) | 1240 | 620 | 620 | |
| 19 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33% (2,184) | 1280 | 640 | 640 | |
| 20 | The University of Alabama | 17% (1,339) | 1260 | 630 | 630 | |
| 21 | University of Delaware | 25% (1,241) | 1280 | 640 | 640 | |
| 22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 50% (2,001) | 1490 | 730 | 760 | |
| 23 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 67% (6,319) | 1330 | 650 | 680 | |
| 24 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 31% (1,272) | 1180 | 590 | 590 | |
| 25 | Ball State University | 30% (1,036) | 1180 | 600 | 580 | |
| 26 | Creighton University | 14% (144) | 1320 | 660 | 660 | |
| 27 | Florida State University | 68% (4,107) | 1290 | 650 | 640 | |
| 28 | University of Kentucky | 9% (531) | 1180 | 590 | 590 | |
| 29 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 32% (1,352) | 1160 | 600 | 560 | |
| 30 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 38% (3,721) | 1290 | 640 | 650 | |
| 31 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 25% (1,432) | 1360 | 670 | 690 | |
| 32 | Quinnipiac University | 28% (443) | 1210 | 610 | 600 | |
| 33 | Sam Houston State University | 51% (1,718) | 1050 | 530 | 520 | |
| 34 | Towson University | 21% (573) | 1140 | 580 | 560 | |
| 35 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 10% (662) | 1260 | 620 | 640 | |
| 36 | University of Kansas | 9% (415) | 1210 | 610 | 600 | |
| 37 | Southern Wesleyan University | 42% (62) | 1090 | 550 | 540 | |
| 38 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 7% (145) | 1300 | 650 | 650 | |
| 39 | University of Arizona | 19% (1,710) | 1240 | 620 | 620 | |
| 40 | University of Iowa | 21% (1,077) | 1230 | 620 | 610 | |
| 41 | University of Mississippi | 19% (849) | 1120 | 570 | 550 | |
| 42 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 4% (37) | 1100 | 560 | 540 | |
| 43 | Drake University | 17% (120) | 1270 | 640 | 630 | |
| 44 | Drexel University | 41% (1,196) | 1330 | 660 | 670 | |
| 45 | Florida International University | 90% (3,969) | 1150 | 590 | 560 | |
| 46 | North Carolina A & T State University | 29% (882) | 1050 | 530 | 520 | |
| 47 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 61% (2,959) | 1110 | 550 | 560 | |
| 48 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 28% (688) | 1190 | 600 | 590 | |
| 49 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 8% (391) | 1210 | 610 | 600 | |
| 50 | University of Northern Iowa | 1% (16) | 1150 | 580 | 570 | |
| Average | 31.66% | 1234 | 618 | 616 | ||
ACT Scores Comparison
The average ACT score of best Online Graduate Education schools is 26. By subject, the average ACT English score is 26 and the ACT math score is 25.
The following table compares ACT Scores between best Online Graduate Education schools for academic year 2022-2023.
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*Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.
**Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.
Application Requirements
The following table list and compare the requirements when applying best Online Graduate Education schools based on academic year 2022-2023 data.
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✔: Required △: Considered but not Required ✔: Recommended ✗: Neither Required nor Recommended
- HS GPA: High School or Secondary School GPA
- HS Rank: High School or Secondary School Rank
- HS Record: High School or Secondary School Record
- Prep. Program: Completion of College Preparatory Program
- Rec.: Recommendations
- Comp.: Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g., portfolios, certificates of mastery, assessment instruments)
The ranking data is provided by CollegeEvaluator.
*Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.
**Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.