List of online colleges in the United States
Below is a list of colleges or universities that only offer virtual or online education programs and are accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the US Department of Education.[1] The Distance Education Accrediting Commission is the primary accrediting body that recognizes online schools, but not all schools on this list are accredited by that agency. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the colleges and universities in the United States offered classes entirely online, particularly facilitated via Zoom.[2]
Current
- Animation Mentor
- American College of Education
- American College of Healthcare Sciences
- American Public University System
- Ashworth College
- Atlantic University
- Berklee Online
- Calbright College
- California Coast University
- California InterContinental University
- Capella University
- Carrington College
- Catholic International University
- Claremont Lincoln University
- Colorado State University Global
- Columbia Southern University
- Concordia University Wisconsin
- Excelsior University
- Grace Bible College
- Harrison Middleton University
- Henley-Putnam University
- Jack Welch Management Institute
- Penn Foster College
- Purdue University Global
- Sessions College for Professional Design[3]
- TUI University
- U.S. Career Institute
- University of Massachusetts Global
- University of the People
- Walden University
- Western Governors University
- William Howard Taft University
- William James College
Closed
- Allied American University
- American University
- Argosy University
- Anthem Education Group
- Altierus Career College
- Ashmead College
- Blair College
- Brown Mackie College
- Bryman College
- Bryman Institute
- Ellis University
- California Pacific University[4]
- CDI College
- Everest College
- Everest University
- Green Mountain College[5]
- Heald College
- ICDC College[6]
- Independence University
- International Academy of Design and Technology
- Ivy Bridge College
- Jones International University
- Kaplan University
- Las Vegas College
- Medaille College
- McKinley College
- National Institute of Technology (United States)
- Northcentral University
- Northcentral University
- Stevens-Henager College
- Reeves College
- Tampa College
- Tennessee Temple University
- University of the Rockies
- Virginia College
References
- ^ "U.S. Department of Education Database of Accredited Post-secondary Institutions and Programs". Retrieved November 5, 2012.
- ^ Mervosh, Sarah; Swales, Vanessa (March 10, 2020). "Colleges and Universities Cancel Classes and Move Online Amid Coronavirus Fears". The New York Times.
- ^ "Online Professional Design". Sessions College. March 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- ^ "California Pacific University". cpu.edu. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "Online Bachelors in Business Administration". Green Mountain College. Archived from the original on August 28, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
- ^ "ICDC College Online". ICDC College. Archived from the original on May 19, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2013.