Colleges with the Largest Online Students
Grand Canyon University has the most online students of 95,569 for academic year 2020-2021 in United States. The number only includes students enrolled exclusively in online programs and does not include students taking some online courses. Liberty University is ranked second with 86,390 online students and University of Central Florida follows them with 95,569 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.
Name | Total # of Students | Enrolled Exclusively Online Programs | Enrolld in Some Online Courses | Not in Online Courses | |
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1 | Grand Canyon UniversityPrivate (for-profit), 4 or more yearsPhoenix, AZ | 103,427 | 85,087 | 10,482 | 7,858 |
2 | Liberty UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsLynchburg, VA | 93,349 | 79,167 | 7,223 | 6,959 |
3 | University of Central FloridaPublic, 4 or more yearsOrlando, FL | 71,881 | 53,815 | 15,244 | 2,822 |
4 | Walden University *Private (for-profit), 4 or more yearsMinneapolis, MN | 49,695 | 49,695 | 0 | 0 |
5 | University of Maryland Global CampusPublic, 4 or more yearsAdelphi, MD | 58,526 | 49,026 | 4,891 | 4,609 |
6 | Florida International UniversityPublic, 4 or more yearsMiami, FL | 58,836 | 42,747 | 7,873 | 8,216 |
7 | Michigan State UniversityPublic, 4 or more yearsEast Lansing, MI | 49,695 | 40,974 | 4,614 | 4,107 |
8 | University of HoustonPublic, 4 or more yearsHouston, TX | 47,090 | 39,797 | 5,400 | 1,893 |
9 | California State University-FullertonPublic, 4 or more yearsFullerton, CA | 42,051 | 39,292 | 2,711 | 48 |
10 | California State University-Long BeachPublic, 4 or more yearsLong Beach, CA | 40,069 | 38,645 | 1,418 | 6 |
11 | University of Southern CaliforniaPrivate (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsLos Angeles, CA | 46,287 | 37,923 | 3,189 | 5,175 |
12 | University of California-Los AngelesPublic, 4 or more yearsLos Angeles, CA | 44,589 | 35,115 | 6,791 | 2,683 |
13 | University of FloridaPublic, 4 or more yearsGainesville, FL | 53,372 | 35,113 | 13,937 | 4,322 |
14 | California State University-NorthridgePublic, 4 or more yearsNorthridge, CA | 40,381 | 34,499 | 4,877 | 1,005 |
15 | University of California-IrvinePublic, 4 or more yearsIrvine, CA | 36,303 | 34,140 | 1,809 | 354 |
16 | Florida State UniversityPublic, 4 or more yearsTallahassee, FL | 43,569 | 33,875 | 8,480 | 1,214 |
17 | San Jose State UniversityPublic, 4 or more yearsSan Jose, CA | 36,208 | 33,220 | 2,503 | 485 |
18 | University of California-BerkeleyPublic, 4 or more yearsBerkeley, CA | 42,327 | 31,439 | 9,725 | 1,163 |
19 | University of Arizona Global Campus *Private (for-profit), 4 or more yearsSan Diego, CA | 31,115 | 31,115 | 0 | 0 |
20 | San Diego State UniversityPublic, 4 or more yearsSan Diego, CA | 36,334 | 30,790 | 5,031 | 513 |
* Online completely college that all programs are offered online exclusively.
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