The Largest Online Alabama Colleges

In Alabama, 58,541 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 1,576 from last year. The decline in the number of online students appears to be due to the end of the pandemic.

Columbia Southern University has the most online students of 15,948 (all online exclusively) among 21 Alabama colleges that offer online programs.

Troy University with 7,151 online students and University of Alabama at Birmingham with 5,984 online students are following it in The largest online Alabama Colleges ranking.

Columbia Southern University stays at first place of the largest online college ranking since last year. Troy University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $21,542 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,311 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 79.08% and the average SAT score is 1,142 at the schools.

Table. The Largest Online Alabama Colleges Comparison
	School Name	Online Enrollment	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees
1 -	Columbia Southern University Orange Beach, ALPrivate, 4-year	15,948 464	15,948	11,330	4,618	9,946	6,002	$5,808
2 -	Troy University Troy, ALPublic, 4-year	7,151 314	14,156	10,768	3,388	5,098	9,058	$19,584 ($9,792)
3 -	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, ALPublic, 4-year	5,984 476	21,639	13,032	8,607	7,903	13,736	$21,864 ($8,832)
4 -	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, ALPublic, 4-year	5,820 266	38,644	32,458	6,186	16,506	22,138	$33,200 ($11,900)
5 -	University of West Alabama Livingston, ALPublic, 4-year	4,362 244	5,860	2,427	3,433	1,442	4,418	$20,090 ($10,990)
6 -	University of South Alabama Mobile, ALPublic, 4-year	3,953 147	13,438	8,480	4,958	4,284	9,154	$18,652 ($9,676)
7 -	University of North Alabama Florence, ALPublic, 4-year	3,346 41	9,830	7,214	2,616	3,490	6,340	$22,190 ($11,990)
8 -	Auburn University Auburn, ALPublic, 4-year	3,101 356	31,764	25,379	6,385	15,678	16,086	$33,944 ($12,536)
9 -	Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, ALPublic, 4-year	2,087 135	9,632	8,310	1,322	3,839	5,793	$22,716 ($12,426)
10 -	Athens State University Athens, ALPublic, 4-year	1,832 159	2,894	2,520	374	887	2,007	$17,370 ($9,840)
	Average	5,358	16,381	12,192	4,189	6,907	9,473	$21,542 ($10,887)

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