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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
NameTotal # of StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online ProgramsEnrolld in Some Online CoursesNot in Online Courses
1Liberty University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLynchburg, VA
94,70979,9067,0537,750
2Grand Canyon University
Private (for-profit), four-yearsPhoenix, AZ
103,07279,86513,4829,725
3University of Maryland Global Campus
Public, four-yearsAdelphi, MD
55,32347,2724,2303,821
4Walden University *
Private (for-profit), four-yearsMinneapolis, MN
46,45546,45500
5Ashford University *
Public, four-yearsSan Diego, CA
40,36240,36200
6California State University-Northridge
Public, four-yearsNorthridge, CA
40,10828,6179,6591,832
7Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs
Private (for-profit), four-yearsColorado Springs, CO
24,01623,9632627
8Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsAtlanta, GA
43,85919,0588,26016,541
9The University of Texas at Arlington
Public, four-yearsArlington, TX
45,94917,30911,40717,233
10Excelsior College *
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlbany, NY
17,16617,16600
11The Pennsylvania State University
Public, four-yearsUniversity Park, PA
88,91415,68032,70640,528
12Florida International University
Public, four-yearsMiami, FL
56,66415,27421,63219,758
13Johns Hopkins University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBaltimore, MD
32,04914,84710,8606,342
14University of Central Florida
Public, four-yearsOrlando, FL
70,31014,40728,80727,096
15San Francisco State University
Public, four-yearsSan Francisco, CA
26,89914,00311,1851,711
16California State University-Sacramento
Public, four-yearsSacramento, CA
32,49813,69316,8761,929
17California State University-Dominguez Hills
Public, four-yearsCarson, CA
17,83713,0483,7761,013
18Post University
Private (for-profit), four-yearsWaterbury, CT
14,05513,026463566
19National University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLa Jolla, CA
17,13511,9601,7453,430
20University of Illinois Chicago
Public, four-yearsChicago, IL
34,19911,85019,7682,581
* Online completely college that all programs are offered online exclusively.