Top 10 Colleges Online

by Mason Landrum

If there are organizations or agencies that list down traditional higher education institutions in the country, there is also a company that ranks all online schools we have today. This organization is the Online Education Database. If you want to know the top 10 colleges online in the country, checking OEDb’s list should be your first step.

The top 10 online colleges, according to OEDb, are:

  1. Nova Southeastern University
  2. Regent University
  3. Champlain College
  4. Upper Iowa University
  5. LeTourneau University
  6. Liberty University
  7. Grand Canyon University
  8. Dickinson State University
  9. Western Governors University
  10. Salem International University

Much like the ranking of higher education institutions that offer on-campus programs, the ranking of these top 10 colleges online also involve a valid methodology. Using reliable metrics and data gathered from experts and professionals in the academe, OEDb have come up with these schools where you can earn top quality online degrees.

Since there are practically thousands of institutions in the country today that offer online programs, the Online Education Database made sure that they included the schools listed by reliable sources, such as eLearners, the DETC, and Peterson’s degree programs search.

After this step, a more rigorous narrowing down of the list is done. This involves checking if the schools are accredited, if  they are listed in the College Navigator, if they offer more than one undergraduate degree program online, and if they offer at least half of their undergraduate programs online in case they are also campus-based. If they pass these criteria, the schools are then rated according to several metrics.

The ranking metrics used by the OEDb are the school’s acceptance rate, financial aid, graduation rate, peer citations online, retention rate, scholarly citations, student-faculty ratio, and number of years accredited. With these metrics involved, you can be assured that the top schools listed by the OEDb are the best in the country today.

Source: Online Education Database