2024 Largest Online Graduate Schools Rankings
For 2,298 graduate schools, University of Florida has the largest number of online graduate students (8,791) and William Paterson University of New Jersey has the second largest number of online graduate students (3,400) based on academic year 2023-2024 college enrollment data.
The below table ranks and compares the Largest Online Graduate Schools having the largest online student population. For the graduate school ranking, we include only schools with more than 1,000 graduate students and less than 50% online students.
Largest Online Graduate Schools
The following table lists the 25 largest graduate schools with most graduate students that enrolled online exclusively. You can sort the table by a column as you want.
| Rank | College Name | In-State Tuition | Out-of-State Tuition | Graduate Student Population | Number of Graduate Programs Offered | Number of Online Graduate Programs | Number of Faculties (Full-time) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | $12,737 | $30,130 | 20,659 | 238 | 63 | 2,902 |
| 2 | William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ | $16,408 | $23,410 | 2,466 | 101 | 62 | 377 |
| 3 | Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX | $11,093 | $24,090 | 16,502 | 237 | 62 | 3,299 |
| 4 | Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | $9,518 | $17,918 | 7,799 | 152 | 58 | 1,763 |
| 5 | East Carolina University Greenville, NC | $7,658 | $20,807 | 5,463 | 89 | 55 | 1,357 |
| 6 | Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL | $20,419 | $24,140 | 13,977 | 128 | 53 | 832 |
| 7 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH | $14,902 | $26,674 | 11,492 | 219 | 51 | 2,225 |
| 8 | Concordia University-Wisconsin Mequon, WI | $10,542 | $13,170 | 2,171 | 58 | 47 | 224 |
| 9 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | $21,091 | $31,555 | 15,707 | 294 | 40 | 3,639 |
| 10 | University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO | $13,029 | $31,029 | 7,559 | 144 | 40 | 1,933 |
| 11 | Auburn University Auburn, AL | $12,524 | $33,908 | 6,385 | 127 | 38 | 1,428 |
| 12 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | $54,050 | $65,956 | 25,231 | 190 | 37 | 3,856 |
| 13 | Merrimack College North Andover, MA | $28,440 | $35,500 | 1,276 | 56 | 36 | 203 |
| 14 | Wayne State University Detroit, MI | $20,482 | $41,820 | 7,672 | 184 | 36 | 1,531 |
| 15 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | $33,996 | $37,074 | 8,323 | 202 | 36 | 1,224 |
| 16 | Pennsylvania Western University California, PA | $11,261 | $12,386 | 3,374 | 50 | 36 | - |
| 17 | Florida International University Miami, FL | $11,334 | $24,439 | 9,921 | 139 | 35 | 1,401 |
| 18 | University of Kansas Lawrence, KS | $11,574 | $26,236 | 7,467 | 234 | 33 | 2,383 |
| 19 | Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA | $16,401 | $19,786 | 2,790 | 59 | 33 | 268 |
| 20 | George Washington University Washington, DC | $29,840 | $35,154 | 14,457 | 207 | 32 | 1,255 |
| 21 | Idaho State University Pocatello, ID | $11,268 | $30,152 | 2,284 | 83 | 32 | 606 |
| 22 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC | $8,546 | $22,676 | 3,780 | 88 | 32 | 887 |
| 23 | University of Central Florida Orlando, FL | $8,872 | $28,657 | 9,684 | 119 | 31 | 1,577 |
| 24 | George Mason University Fairfax, VA | $17,446 | $39,397 | 12,035 | 130 | 31 | 1,399 |
| 25 | Creighton University Omaha, NE | $16,964 | $19,676 | 4,107 | 63 | 30 | 647 |
| Average | $16,133 | $20,153 | 3,241,950 | 28 | 7 | 586,097 |