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.
Name | Total # of Students | Enrolled Exclusively Online Programs | Enrolld in Some Online Courses | Not in Online Courses | |
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1 | Liberty UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsLynchburg, VA | 94,709 | 79,906 | 7,053 | 7,750 |
2 | Grand Canyon UniversityPrivate (for-profit), four-yearsPhoenix, AZ | 103,072 | 79,865 | 13,482 | 9,725 |
3 | University of Maryland Global CampusPublic, 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-NorthridgePublic, four-yearsNorthridge, CA | 40,108 | 28,617 | 9,659 | 1,832 |
7 | Colorado Technical University-Colorado SpringsPrivate (for-profit), four-yearsColorado Springs, CO | 24,016 | 23,963 | 26 | 27 |
8 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusPublic, four-yearsAtlanta, GA | 43,859 | 19,058 | 8,260 | 16,541 |
9 | The University of Texas at ArlingtonPublic, 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 UniversityPublic, four-yearsUniversity Park, PA | 88,914 | 15,680 | 32,706 | 40,528 |
12 | Florida International UniversityPublic, four-yearsMiami, FL | 56,664 | 15,274 | 21,632 | 19,758 |
13 | Johns Hopkins UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBaltimore, MD | 32,049 | 14,847 | 10,860 | 6,342 |
14 | University of Central FloridaPublic, four-yearsOrlando, FL | 70,310 | 14,407 | 28,807 | 27,096 |
15 | San Francisco State UniversityPublic, four-yearsSan Francisco, CA | 26,899 | 14,003 | 11,185 | 1,711 |
16 | California State University-SacramentoPublic, four-yearsSacramento, CA | 32,498 | 13,693 | 16,876 | 1,929 |
17 | California State University-Dominguez HillsPublic, four-yearsCarson, CA | 17,837 | 13,048 | 3,776 | 1,013 |
18 | Post UniversityPrivate (for-profit), four-yearsWaterbury, CT | 14,055 | 13,026 | 463 | 566 |
19 | National UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsLa Jolla, CA | 17,135 | 11,960 | 1,745 | 3,430 |
20 | University of Illinois ChicagoPublic, 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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