Largest Online Colleges

Colleges with the Largest Online Students

Liberty University has the most online students of 86,959 for academic year 2021-2022 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 93,347 online students and University of Maryland Global Campus follows them with 86,959 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
	Name	Total # of Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Programs	Enrolld in Some Online Courses	Not in Online Courses
1	Liberty University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLynchburg, VA	94,709	79,906	7,053	7,750
2	Grand Canyon University Private (for-profit), four-yearsPhoenix, AZ	103,072	79,865	13,482	9,725
3	University of Maryland Global Campus Public, four-yearsAdelphi, MD	55,323	47,272	4,230	3,821
4	Walden University ^* Private (for-profit), four-yearsMinneapolis, MN	46,455	46,455	0	0
5	Ashford University ^* Public, four-yearsSan Diego, CA	40,362	40,362	0	0
6	California State University-Northridge Public, four-yearsNorthridge, CA	40,108	28,617	9,659	1,832
7	Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Private (for-profit), four-yearsColorado Springs, CO	24,016	23,963	26	27
8	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Public, four-yearsAtlanta, GA	43,859	19,058	8,260	16,541
9	The University of Texas at Arlington Public, four-yearsArlington, TX	45,949	17,309	11,407	17,233
10	Excelsior College ^* Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlbany, NY	17,166	17,166	0	0
11	The Pennsylvania State University Public, four-yearsUniversity Park, PA	88,914	15,680	32,706	40,528
12	Florida International University Public, four-yearsMiami, FL	56,664	15,274	21,632	19,758
13	Johns Hopkins University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBaltimore, MD	32,049	14,847	10,860	6,342
14	University of Central Florida Public, four-yearsOrlando, FL	70,310	14,407	28,807	27,096
15	San Francisco State University Public, four-yearsSan Francisco, CA	26,899	14,003	11,185	1,711
16	California State University-Sacramento Public, four-yearsSacramento, CA	32,498	13,693	16,876	1,929
17	California State University-Dominguez Hills Public, four-yearsCarson, CA	17,837	13,048	3,776	1,013
18	Post University Private (for-profit), four-yearsWaterbury, CT	14,055	13,026	463	566
19	National University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLa Jolla, CA	17,135	11,960	1,745	3,430
20	University of Illinois Chicago Public, four-yearsChicago, IL	34,199	11,850	19,768	2,581

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

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