Largest Online Colleges

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.

Colleges with the Largest Online Students
	Name	Total # of Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Programs	Enrolld in Some Online Courses	Not in Online Courses
1	Grand Canyon University Private (for-profit), 4 or more yearsPhoenix, AZ	103,427	85,087	10,482	7,858
2	Liberty University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsLynchburg, VA	93,349	79,167	7,223	6,959
3	University of Central Florida Public, 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 Campus Public, 4 or more yearsAdelphi, MD	58,526	49,026	4,891	4,609
6	Florida International University Public, 4 or more yearsMiami, FL	58,836	42,747	7,873	8,216
7	Michigan State University Public, 4 or more yearsEast Lansing, MI	49,695	40,974	4,614	4,107
8	University of Houston Public, 4 or more yearsHouston, TX	47,090	39,797	5,400	1,893
9	California State University-Fullerton Public, 4 or more yearsFullerton, CA	42,051	39,292	2,711	48
10	California State University-Long Beach Public, 4 or more yearsLong Beach, CA	40,069	38,645	1,418	6
11	University of Southern California Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsLos Angeles, CA	46,287	37,923	3,189	5,175
12	University of California-Los Angeles Public, 4 or more yearsLos Angeles, CA	44,589	35,115	6,791	2,683
13	University of Florida Public, 4 or more yearsGainesville, FL	53,372	35,113	13,937	4,322
14	California State University-Northridge Public, 4 or more yearsNorthridge, CA	40,381	34,499	4,877	1,005
15	University of California-Irvine Public, 4 or more yearsIrvine, CA	36,303	34,140	1,809	354
16	Florida State University Public, 4 or more yearsTallahassee, FL	43,569	33,875	8,480	1,214
17	San Jose State University Public, 4 or more yearsSan Jose, CA	36,208	33,220	2,503	485
18	University of California-Berkeley Public, 4 or more yearsBerkeley, CA	42,327	31,439	9,725	1,163
19	Ashford University ^* Private (for-profit), 4 or more yearsSan Diego, CA	31,115	31,115	0	0
20	San Diego State University Public, 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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