Largest Online Colleges in New York

New York Colleges with the Largest Online Students

Excelsior University has the most online students of 15,833 for academic year 2022-2023 in New York. The number only includes students enrolled exclusively in online programs and does not include students taking some online courses. CUNY Graduate School and University Center is ranked second with 7,143 online students and Empire State University follows them with 15,833 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 in New York.

New York Colleges with the Largest Online Students
	Name	Total # of Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Programs	Enrolld in Some Online Courses	Not in Online Courses
1	Excelsior University ^* Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlbany, NY	15,833	15,833	0	0
2	CUNY Graduate School and University Center Public, four-yearsNew York, NY	8,733	6,263	880	1,590
3	Empire State University Public, four-yearsSaratoga Springs, NY	9,407	5,698	2,134	1,575
4	New York University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	59,144	4,060	14,240	40,844
5	Touro University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	11,111	3,433	3,019	4,659
6	CUNY Lehman College Public, four-yearsBronx, NY	13,015	3,191	6,271	3,553
7	Mercy College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDobbs Ferry, NY	8,615	2,284	3,389	2,942
8	Syracuse University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSyracuse, NY	22,698	2,244	2,539	17,915
9	University at Buffalo Public, four-yearsBuffalo, NY	32,099	2,183	12,034	17,882
10	Stony Brook University Public, four-yearsStony Brook, NY	25,710	2,171	13,828	9,711
11	Fordham University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBronx, NY	16,556	1,814	1,313	13,429
12	Utica University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsUtica, NY	3,861	1,804	983	1,074
13	CUNY Brooklyn College Public, four-yearsBrooklyn, NY	14,195	1,725	5,584	6,886
14	CUNY York College Public, four-yearsJamaica, NY	6,446	1,615	2,473	2,358
15	CUNY Queens College Public, four-yearsQueens, NY	17,001	1,519	6,425	9,057
16	SUNY at Albany Public, four-yearsAlbany, NY	16,658	1,494	5,239	9,925
17	College of Staten Island CUNY Public, four-yearsStaten Island, NY	10,248	1,488	4,570	4,190
18	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College Public, four-yearsNew York, NY	19,854	1,486	9,092	9,276
19	CUNY City College Public, four-yearsNew York, NY	14,489	1,261	5,269	7,959
20	Pace University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	13,609	1,192	6,564	5,853

^* Online completely college that all programs are offered online exclusively.

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