OEDb's Online College Rankings 2009: Ranking by Student-Faculty Ratio

The more personal attention a student is able to receive from his/her professors, the more the student will become engaged in the subject matter. Nowhere is this reflected better than a college's student-faculty ratio, which can be found at Peterson's College Search. The lower this ratio, the more attractive a college should be in this regard.

Peterson's College Search did not have student-faculty ratios for all of the online colleges. We did not however want to penalize those colleges without figures. To that end, we have adjusted the rankings of the colleges in this category. Read more about adjusted rankings.

Rank
Adjusted Rank
College Student-Faculty Ratio
1 (1.00) Ottawa University 4 to 1
2 (2.05) City University 8 to 1
2 (2.05) Ellis University 8 to 1
2 (2.05) Jones International University 8 to 1
5 (5.19) National American University 9 to 1
5 (5.19) National University 9 to 1
7 (7.29) Argosy University 10 to 1
7 7.29() Everglades University 10 to 1
7 (7.29) Granite State College 10 to 1
10 (10.44) Everest University 11 to 1
10 (10.44) Golden Gate University 11 to 1
12 (12.53) Brandman University 12 to 1
12 (12.53) Franklin University 12 to 1
12 (12.53) Stratford University 12 to 1
15 (15.68) Colorado Technical University 13 to 1
15 (15.68) Columbia College 13 to 1
15 (15.68) Ohio Christian University 13 to 1
18 (18.82) Champlain College 14 to 1
19 (19.87) Saint Leo University 15 to 1
20 (20.92) Aspen University 16 to 1
20 (20.92) Fisher College 16 to 1
20 (20.92) Southern New Hampshire University 16 to 1
20 (20.92) Virginia College 16 to 1
24 (25.11) DeVry University 17 to 1
24 (25.11) Peirce College 17 to 1
26 (27.21) Colorado State University 18 to 1
26 (27.21) Florida Tech University 18 to 1
26 (27.21) Full Sail University 18 to 1
26 (27.21) Tiffin University 18 to 1
30 (31.40) Harrison College 19 to 1
30 (31.40) Salem International University Online 19 to 1
32 (33.50) Capella University 20 to 1
32 (33.50) Grand Canyon University 20 to 1
32 (33.50) Keiser University 20 to 1
32 (33.50) Post University 20 to 1
32 (33.50) Regent University 20 to 1
32 (33.50) Westwood College 20 to 1
38 (39.79) Herzing University 21 to 1
39 (40.84) Bellevue University 22 to 1
39 (40.84) South University 22 to 1
41 (42.94) Hodges University 23 to 1
41 (42.94) Ultimate Medical Academy 23 to 1
43 (45.03) Kaplan University 24 to 1
43 (45.03) Northcentral University 24 to 1
43 (45.03) Rasmussen College 24 to 1
43 (45.03) Strayer University 24 to 1
47 (49.23) Stevens-Henager College 25 to 1
48 (50.27) Walden University 27 to 1
49 (51.32) American Public University 28 to 1
50 (52.37) Western International University 30 to 1
51 (53.42) Berkeley College 32 to 1
51 (53.42) ITT Technical Institute 32 to 1
53 (55.52) San Joaquin Valley College 35 to 1
54 (56.56) Florida National College 37 to 1
55 (57.61) LA College International 38 to 1
55 (57.61) Schiller International University 38 to 1
57 (59.71) American Intercontinental University40 to 1
58 (60.76) Liberty University 45 to 1
60 (62.85) Western Governors University 47 to 1
61 (63.90) Grantham University 49 to 1
62 (64.95) Columbia Southern University 50 to 1
63 (66.00) Ashford University 107 to 1
NR California Intercontinental University No Data
NR Ivy Bridge College of Tiffin University No Data
NR University of the Rockies No Data

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