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Largest Online Student Population

Colleges with the Largest Online Students

Liberty University has the most online students of 88,057 for academic year 2022-2023 in United States. The number only includes students enrolled exclusively in online programs and does not include students taking some online courses. Grand Canyon University is ranked second with 91,557 online students and University of Maryland Global Campus follows them with 88,057 online students. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have most online students by enrolled status. You may want to check colleges having the smallest online student population.
Colleges with the Largest Online Students
NameTotal # of StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online ProgramsEnrolld in Some Online CoursesNot in Online Courses
1Liberty University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLynchburg, VA
96,70981,0267,0318,652
2Grand Canyon University
Private (for-profit), four-yearsPhoenix, AZ
101,81677,29314,26410,259
3University of Maryland Global Campus
Public, four-yearsAdelphi, MD
55,83850,1443,2882,406
4Walden University *
Private (for-profit), four-yearsMinneapolis, MN
42,31242,31200
5Ashford University *
Private (for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA
34,19034,19000
6Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs
Private (for-profit), four-yearsColorado Springs, CO
24,80824,67410925
7Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsAtlanta, GA
45,29619,3983,20022,698
8Post University
Private (for-profit), four-yearsWaterbury, CT
17,03415,984304746
9Excelsior University *
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlbany, NY
15,83315,83300
10Florida International University
Public, four-yearsMiami, FL
55,60914,80422,67218,133
11Johns Hopkins University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBaltimore, MD
31,27514,0245,30411,947
12The University of Texas at Arlington
Public, four-yearsArlington, TX
43,94613,57810,06420,304
13University of Central Florida
Public, four-yearsOrlando, FL
68,34613,56530,02824,753
14Bellevue University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBellevue, NE
13,84113,048303490
15National University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA
18,63111,7577646,110
16Oregon State University
Public, four-yearsCorvallis, OR
34,29211,7277,62414,941
17Wilmington University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew Castle, DE
14,02010,4921,8081,720
18University of the Cumberlands
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilliamsburg, KY
18,05310,2766,1881,589
19University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Public, four-yearsChampaign, IL
56,9169,91525,15121,850
20University of Arizona
Public, four-yearsTucson, AZ
49,4039,61719,96519,821
* Online completely college that all programs are offered online exclusively.