Largest Online Colleges

Colleges with the Largest Online Students

Grand Canyon University has the most online students of 80,999 for academic year 2018-2019 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 71,112 online students and Walden University follows them with 80,999 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	90,253	70,295	10,704	9,254
2	Liberty University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsLynchburg, VA	79,152	64,006	7,106	8,040
3	Walden University ^* Private (for-profit), 4 or more yearsMinneapolis, MN	50,360	50,360	0	0
4	University of Maryland Global Campus Public, 4 or more yearsAdelphi, MD	60,603	48,432	5,996	6,175
5	Ashford University ^* Private (for-profit), 4 or more yearsSan Diego, CA	34,710	34,705	5	0
6	Excelsior College ^* Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsAlbany, NY	30,008	30,008	0	0
7	Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Private (for-profit), 4 or more yearsColorado Springs, CO	26,184	25,038	886	260
8	The University of Texas at Arlington Public, 4 or more yearsArlington, TX	47,899	18,425	6,439	23,035
9	Florida International University Public, 4 or more yearsMiami, FL	57,942	11,785	25,978	20,179
10	Fort Hays State University Public, 4 or more yearsHays, KS	15,523	11,012	1,864	2,647
11	Thomas Edison State University ^* Public, 4 or more yearsTrenton, NJ	10,934	10,836	98	0
12	University of Central Florida Public, 4 or more yearsOrlando, FL	68,475	10,269	29,001	29,205
13	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Public, 4 or more yearsAtlanta, GA	32,723	9,852	489	22,382
14	Post University Private (for-profit), 4 or more yearsWaterbury, CT	9,845	8,802	271	772
15	Johns Hopkins University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsBaltimore, MD	26,152	8,722	2,521	14,909
16	Ohio University-Main Campus Public, 4 or more yearsAthens, OH	28,480	7,975	5,030	15,475
17	Wilmington University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsNew Castle, DE	14,786	7,750	3,123	3,913
18	Bellevue University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsBellevue, NE	9,621	7,690	523	1,408
19	Regent University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsVirginia Beach, VA	9,889	7,682	1,283	924
20	National University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsLa Jolla, CA	16,930	7,627	2,685	6,618

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

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