Public 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.

1,207,311 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 269,782 from last year. The decline in the number of online students appears to be due to the end of the pandemic.

Arizona State University Digital Immersion has the most online students of 62,551 (all online exclusively) among 476 colleges that offer online programs.

University of Maryland Global Campus with 50,144 online students and Purdue University Global with 45,007 online students are following it in The largest online Public Colleges ranking.

Arizona State University Digital Immersion stays at first place of the largest online college ranking since last year. University of Maryland Global Campus also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $16,175 and graduate tuition & fees is $22,467 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 66.20% and the average SAT score is 1,240 at the schools.

Table. The Largest Online Public Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
-		Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZPublic, 4-year 62,551
4,703		62,55146,67915,87222,30540,246$13,625
($11,421)
2
-		University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MDPublic, 4-year 50,144
2,872		55,83846,7349,10430,47825,360$12,336
($7,992)
3
-		Purdue University Global West Lafayette, INPublic, 4-year 45,007
1,713		45,12533,51011,61517,20827,917$14,421
($10,110)
4
-		Dallas College Dallas, TXPublic, 4-year 26,527
5,834		64,15664,156-26,17137,985$6,000
($4,050)
5
-		Lone Star College System The Woodlands, TXPublic, 4-year 22,589
6,595		68,41568,415-28,04040,375$6,960
($5,544)
6
1		Valencia College Orlando, FLPublic, 4-year 20,637
5,740		43,37043,370-17,73125,639$9,383
($2,474)
7
4		Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GAPublic, 4-year 19,398
340		45,29618,41526,88130,70414,592$32,876
($11,764)
8
2		Miami Dade College Miami, FLPublic, 4-year 17,085
2,118		47,24547,245-19,73227,513$9,661
($2,838)
9
1		Houston Community College Houston, TXPublic, 4-year 16,560
6,472		48,15948,159-19,46728,692$5,460
($4,344)
10
4		Florida International University Miami, FLPublic, 4-year 14,804
470		55,60945,6889,92123,85531,754$18,964
($6,565)
11Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PAPublic, 4-year 13,81213,9798,2105,7696,9956,984$15,204
($15,204)
12
-		The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TXPublic, 4-year 13,578
3,731		43,94630,79113,15517,43626,510$29,659
($11,727)
13
2		University of Central Florida Orlando, FLPublic, 4-year 13,565
842		68,34658,6629,68430,53137,815$22,467
($6,368)
14
5		Austin Community College District Austin, TXPublic, 4-year 12,313
8,335		34,52734,527-14,77719,750$10,590
($8,580)
15
12		Oregon State University Corvallis, ORPublic, 4-year 11,727
839		34,29228,9055,38717,32316,969$35,664
($13,494)
16
6		Palm Beach State College Lake Worth, FLPublic, 4-year 11,450
743		24,22324,223-9,68114,542$10,910
($3,050)
17
70		Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CAPublic, 4-year 10,229
4,042		22,37522,375-9,90512,470$9,316
($1,156)
18
-		St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, FLPublic, 4-year 10,005
3,249		23,50123,501-9,00014,501$9,286
($2,682)
19
5		University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, ILPublic, 4-year 9,915
1,907		56,91635,12021,79631,00025,916$39,192
($18,060)
20
27		University of Arizona Tucson, AZPublic, 4-year 9,617
890		49,40338,75110,65221,98527,418$38,784
($13,277)
21
7		Colorado State University Global Aurora, COPublic, 4-year 9,565
1,279		9,5656,4333,1324,1715,394$8,400
($8,400)
22
1		San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, TXPublic, 4-year 9,425
2,821		30,59330,593-12,52518,068$5,352
($3,456)
23
30		College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NVPublic, 4-year 9,327
1,169		28,90128,901-12,32516,576$12,209
($4,110)
24
11		Lamar University Beaumont, TXPublic, 4-year 9,132
578		16,8038,2648,5395,72311,080$18,696
($8,904)
25
8		Broward College Fort Lauderdale, FLPublic, 4-year 9,076
697		30,05730,057-12,04918,008$8,952
($2,830)
Average18,32240,92834,86711,65418,04522,883$16,175
($7,536)