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 Sentinel University
- Bryman College
- Ellis University
- Independence University
- Jones International University
- Kaplan University
- McKinley College
- Northcentral University
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.