2024 Expensive Online Colleges Rankings
For online colleges that offer online degrees/programs, Nightingale College has the most expensive tuition & fees ($70,800) and Regis College has the second highest tuition & fees ($47,770) based on academic year 2023-2024 tuition data.
The below table ranks and compares the Expensive Online Colleges having expensive tuition & fees (based on out-of-state rate). For the ranking, we include colleges with more than 50% online students who enrolled online exclusively.
Expensive Online Colleges
| Rank | College Name | In-State Tuition & Fees | Out-of-State Tuition & Fees | Student Population (Total) | Online Student Population | Number of Programs | Number of Online Programs | Students to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nightingale College Salt Lake City, UT | - | $70,800 | 2,994 | 2,994 | 4 | 4 | 12 to 1 |
| 2 | Regis College Weston, MA | $39,820 | $47,770 | 3,230 | 1,973 | 49 | 3 | 9 to 1 |
| 459 | Oglethorpe University Atlanta, GA | $36,680 | $45,806 | 1,491 | 1,395 | 33 | - | 16 to 1 |
| 474 | Simmons University Boston, MA | $39,610 | $45,538 | 5,710 | 2,864 | 97 | 4 | 7 to 1 |
| 447 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine Standish, ME | $34,610 | $42,834 | 1,478 | 782 | 78 | 34 | 10 to 1 |
| 3 | Beal University Bangor, ME | - | $42,305 | 400 | 222 | 27 | 22 | 15 to 1 |
| 888 | Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA | $34,896 | $42,286 | 5,207 | 2,983 | 71 | 19 | 13 to 1 |
| 1172 | Notre Dame of Maryland University Baltimore, MD | $36,070 | $41,910 | 1,733 | 915 | 65 | 3 | 8 to 1 |
| 4 | Galen College of Nursing-Louisville Louisville, KY | - | $41,760 | 4,443 | 2,798 | 4 | 1 | 13 to 1 |
| 5 | Fremont University Cerritos, CA | - | $40,565 | 151 | 98 | 12 | 8 | 24 to 1 |
| Average | $10,796 | $14,033 | 2,638,877 | 2,118,441 | 45 | 25 | 18 to 1 |