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Colleges with the Largest Online Students

Grand Canyon University has the most online students of 103,248 for academic year 2024-2025 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 95,925 online students and University of Maryland Global Campus follows them with 103,248 online students. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded 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), four-yearsPhoenix, AZ	113,257	89,777	13,471	10,009
2	Liberty University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLynchburg, VA	104,327	88,309	7,616	8,402
3	University of Maryland Global Campus Public, four-yearsAdelphi, MD	63,012	56,668	0	6,344
4	Walden University ^* Private (for-profit), four-yearsMinneapolis, MN	49,441	49,441	0	0
5	Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Private (for-profit), four-yearsColorado Springs, CO	31,830	31,486	338	6
6	Ashford University ^* Private (for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA	28,004	27,981	23	0
7	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Public, four-yearsAtlanta, GA	53,363	25,257	4,292	23,814
8	National University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA	22,115	18,317	799	2,999
9	Post University Private (for-profit), four-yearsWaterbury, CT	16,178	15,053	221	904
10	Bellevue University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBellevue, NE	14,667	14,052	340	275
11	The University of Texas at Arlington Public, four-yearsArlington, TX	44,956	13,999	11,417	19,540
12	Florida International University Public, four-yearsMiami, FL	54,723	13,818	23,023	17,882
13	University of the Cumberlands Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilliamsburg, KY	22,120	13,667	7,078	1,375
14	Oregon State University Public, four-yearsCorvallis, OR	37,163	13,083	8,697	15,383
15	Excelsior University ^* Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlbany, NY	12,941	12,941	0	0
16	University of Central Florida Public, four-yearsOrlando, FL	69,713	12,508	31,060	26,145
17	University of Arizona Public, four-yearsTucson, AZ	56,365	12,481	23,089	20,795
18	Johns Hopkins University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBaltimore, MD	30,210	12,409	4,719	13,082
19	Lamar University Public, four-yearsBeaumont, TX	17,772	10,722	4,507	2,543
20	Kennesaw State University Public, four-yearsKennesaw, GA	47,764	10,435	25,369	11,960

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

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