OEDb's Online College Rankings 2009: Ranking by Years Accredited

For our rankings, we only included online colleges accredited by an institutional accrediting agency officially recognized by the Office of Postsecondary Education, an operating unit under the authority of the US Department of Education. For each college, we looked at how long it had maintained its accreditation status, since a longer period of accreditation implies more name recognition and prestige, as well as the continual competence of the college's administration.

The data in the "Accredition Date" column refers to the date the college was first accredited, according to the Office of Postsecondary Education. The data in the "# Years" column refers to the number of years the college has maintained accreditation, as of January 1, 2009.

RankCollege# YearsAccreditation Date
1Dickinson State University601/1/1949
2Ashford University591/1/1950
3Upper Iowa University581/1/1951
4Salem International University461/1/1963
5Darton College411/1/1968
5Grand Canyon University411/1/1968
7Westwood College401/28/1968
8Everest University397/1/1969
8LeTourneau University391/1/1970
8York Technical College391/1/1970
11Fisher College387/1/1970
11Nova Southeastern University381/1/1971
11Peirce College381/1/1971
14Post University369/1/1972
15Franklin University331/1/1976
16Bellevue University321/1/1977
17National University312/28/1977
18City University306/1/1978
18University of Phoenix307/1/1978
20Liberty University291/1/1980
21Colorado Technical University287/1/1980
21Granite State College2810/1/1980
23Regent University251/1/1984
23Western International University251/1/1984
25Rasmussen College247/1/1984
25Tiffin University241/1/1985
27Baker College237/1/1985
27National American University237/1/1985
27South University237/1/1985
30American InterContinental University217/1/1987
31Walden University 191/1/1990
32Champlain College189/26/1990
33Keiser University177/1/1991
34Berkeley College161/1/1993
35Everglades University159/26/1993
36Capella University121/1/1997
36Florida National College121/1/1997
36Kaplan University121/1/1997
39Jones International University101/1/1999
40ITT Technical Institute97/1/1999
41Western Governors University76/2/2001
42Devry University67/1/2002
42Northcentral University61/1/2003
44Herzing College47/1/2004

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