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New York Colleges with the Largest Online Students

Excelsior University has the most online students of 12,941 for academic year 2024-2025 in New York. The number only includes students enrolled exclusively in online programs and does not include students taking some online courses. Empire State University is ranked second with 9,742 online students and CUNY Graduate School and University Center follows them with 12,941 online students. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded 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
NameTotal # of StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online ProgramsEnrolld in Some Online CoursesNot in Online Courses
1Excelsior University *
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlbany, NY		12,94112,94100
2Empire State University
Public, four-yearsSaratoga Springs, NY		10,4699,588154727
3CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Public, four-yearsNew York, NY		9,5365,2555673,714
4Touro University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY		11,9373,6883,5364,713
5New York University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY		56,8323,49310,99842,341
6CUNY Lehman College
Public, four-yearsBronx, NY		13,3243,1986,4653,661
7University at Buffalo
Public, four-yearsBuffalo, NY		31,9032,66313,52715,713
8Syracuse University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSyracuse, NY		22,5892,2982,39617,895
9CUNY Brooklyn College
Public, four-yearsBrooklyn, NY		14,3902,0866,3085,996
10Mercy University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDobbs Ferry, NY		8,9911,9656,149877
11University at Albany
Public, four-yearsAlbany, NY		17,5601,9417,0348,585
12University of Mount Saint Vincent
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBronx, NY		3,7741,8063521,616
13Stony Brook University
Public, four-yearsStony Brook, NY		26,6891,78311,36913,537
14SUNY Brockport
Public, four-yearsBrockport, NY		7,4821,7042,1403,638
15Utica University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsUtica, NY		3,6271,5481,0241,055
16Columbia University in the City of New York
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY		35,1731,4992,51931,155
17State University of New York at Oswego
Public, four-yearsOswego, NY		6,7151,3572,2723,086
18Yeshiva University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY		6,9651,2141,3234,428
19Fordham University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBronx, NY		16,1501,1471,40313,600
20Pace University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY		13,6341,1276,2466,261
* Online completely college that all programs are offered online exclusively.

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