Largest Online Colleges in Texas

Texas Colleges with the Largest Online Students

The University of Texas at Arlington has the most online students of 25,416 for academic year 2024-2025 in Texas. The number only includes students enrolled exclusively in online programs and does not include students taking some online courses. Lamar University is ranked second with 15,229 online students and Tarleton State University follows them with 25,416 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 Texas.

Texas Colleges with the Largest Online Students
	Name	Total # of Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Programs	Enrolld in Some Online Courses	Not in Online Courses
1	The University of Texas at Arlington Public, four-yearsArlington, TX	44,956	13,999	11,417	19,540
2	Lamar University Public, four-yearsBeaumont, TX	17,772	10,722	4,507	2,543
3	Tarleton State University Public, four-yearsStephenville, TX	17,433	6,403	6,924	4,106
4	University of North Texas Public, four-yearsDenton, TX	46,864	6,208	25,860	14,796
5	Texas Woman's University Public, four-yearsDenton, TX	15,361	5,966	5,409	3,986
6	Texas A & M University-Commerce Public, four-yearsCommerce, TX	13,252	5,935	3,558	3,759
7	University of Houston Public, four-yearsHouston, TX	47,980	5,933	26,962	15,085
8	Texas Tech University Public, four-yearsLubbock, TX	40,757	5,648	21,407	13,702
9	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Public, four-yearsEdinburg, TX	33,881	5,219	17,255	11,407
10	University of Houston-Downtown Public, four-yearsHouston, TX	13,730	4,905	5,455	3,370
11	Sam Houston State University Public, four-yearsHuntsville, TX	21,039	4,590	9,191	7,258
12	Texas A & M University-College Station Public, four-yearsCollege Station, TX	78,321	4,350	26,832	47,139
13	The University of Texas at San Antonio Public, four-yearsSan Antonio, TX	35,770	4,185	19,560	12,025
14	West Texas A & M University Public, four-yearsCanyon, TX	9,045	3,168	2,729	3,148
15	Baylor University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaco, TX	20,626	3,066	4,899	12,661
16	The University of Texas at Tyler Public, four-yearsTyler, TX	10,362	2,953	4,818	2,591
17	The University of Texas Permian Basin Public, four-yearsOdessa, TX	5,585	2,871	1,917	797
18	Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi Public, four-yearsCorpus Christi, TX	11,266	2,519	3,677	5,070
19	Texas State University Public, four-yearsSan Marcos, TX	40,674	2,395	15,927	22,352
20	The University of Texas at El Paso Public, four-yearsEl Paso, TX	25,039	2,333	9,127	13,579

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

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Texas Colleges with the Largest Online Students

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