Private Colleges with Most Online Enrollment

Many well-known colleges and universities are developed online divisions to offer online degree programs, and the number of online students has grown very rapidly.

1,464,403 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 18,947 from last year. The decline in the number of online students appears to be due to the end of the pandemic.

Southern New Hampshire University has the most online students of 157,898 out of 164,091.00 total students (96.23%) among 710 colleges that offer online programs.

Western Governors University with 156,935 online students and University of Phoenix-Arizona with 88,724 online students are following it in The largest online Private Colleges ranking.

Southern New Hampshire University ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. Western Governors University ranked second, a drop from first place last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $14,475 and graduate tuition & fees is $14,576 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 69.47% and the average SAT score is 1,127 at the schools.

Table. The Largest Online Private Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
1
Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NHPrivate, 4-year 157,898
19,226
164,091140,86523,22658,950105,141$16,450
2
1
Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UTPrivate, 4-year 156,935
6,819
156,935112,80744,12857,84299,093$8,300
3
-
University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZPrivate, 4-year 88,724
3,148
88,89169,86619,02525,61863,273$9,552
4
-
Liberty University Lynchburg, VAPrivate, 4-year 81,026
1,120
96,70948,90647,80339,99856,711$15,822
5
-
Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZPrivate, 4-year 77,293
2,572
101,81666,76935,04727,88873,928$17,263
6
1
American Public University System Charles Town, WVPrivate, 4-year 48,668
370
48,66839,2069,46230,92817,740$8,400
7
1
Walden University Minneapolis, MNPrivate, 4-year 42,312
4,143
42,3126,29836,0147,32034,992$10,823
8
2
Capella University Minneapolis, MNPrivate, 4-year 39,727
1,011
39,72713,28026,4476,59933,128$14,436
9
3
University of the People Pasadena, CAPrivate, 4-year 34,192
22,100
34,19227,2206,97218,31715,875$1,200
10
1
Ashford University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year 34,190
6,172
34,19027,2016,98912,41421,776$13,160
11
3
DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, ILPrivate, 4-year 25,465
3,204
26,38423,3573,0279,44116,943$15,032
12
-
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, COPrivate, 4-year 24,674
711
24,80822,3932,4158,37416,434$12,760
13
2
Chamberlain University-Illinois Addison, ILPrivate, 4-year 24,119
938
26,68711,66115,0262,66524,022$20,604
14
1
Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, IDPrivate, 4-year 22,541
517
43,02343,023-18,80524,218$4,656
15
-
Full Sail University Winter Park, FLPrivate, 4-year 21,969
1,173
26,73725,5321,20518,3038,434$26,417
16
3
Post University Waterbury, CTPrivate, 4-year 15,984
2,958
17,03414,6822,3524,42412,610$16,034
17
1
Columbia Southern University Orange Beach, ALPrivate, 4-year 15,948
464
15,94811,3304,6189,9466,002$5,808
18
-
American InterContinental University System Chandler, AZPrivate, 4-year 14,333
853
14,33310,4473,8865,5218,812$12,310
19
2
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDPrivate, 4-year 14,024
823
31,2756,04425,23114,47416,801$62,840
20
2
Bellevue University Bellevue, NEPrivate, 4-year 13,048
2,000
13,84110,8083,0335,9647,877$8,886
21
1
National University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year 11,757
203
18,6318,48510,1466,86511,766$13,320
22
2
Strayer University-Global Region Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year 11,017
591
11,0178,3682,6493,8057,212$13,920
23
2
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide Daytona Beach, FLPrivate, 4-year 10,568
999
11,5748,4793,0959,4502,124$11,665
24
2
Wilmington University New Castle, DEPrivate, 4-year 10,492
745
14,0209,0914,9295,2478,773$12,330
25
-
University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg, KYPrivate, 4-year 10,276
485
18,0535,17412,8798,2319,822$9,875
Average40,28744,83630,85214,56716,69628,140$14,475