Online College 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, 2008.

RankCollege# YearsAccreditation Date
1Dickinson State University591/1/1949
2California University of Pennsylvania571/1/1951
2Upper Iowa University571/1/1951
4Grantham University467/2/1961
5Salem International University451/1/1963
6Darton College401/1/1968
6Grand Canyon University401/1/1968
8Florida Metropolitan University397/1/1968
8Westwood College391/28/1968
10Ellis College387/1/1969
10LeTourneau University381/1/1970
10York Technical College381/1/1970
13Fisher College377/1/1970
13Nova Southeastern University371/1/1971
13Peirce College Online 371/1/1971
16Post University359/1/1972
17Franklin University321/1/1976
18Bellevue University311/1/1977
19National University302/28/1977
20City University296/1/1978
20University of Phoenix297/1/1978
22Liberty University281/1/1980
23Colorado Technical University277/1/1980
23Granite State College2710/1/1980
25Regent University241/1/1984
25Western International University241/1/1984
27Tiffin University231/1/1985
28National American University227/1/1985
28South University227/1/1985
30American InterContinental University207/1/1987
31Walden University 181/1/1990
32Champlain College179/26/1990
33Berkeley College151/1/1993
34Everglades University149/26/1993
35Capella University111/1/1997
35Florida National College111/1/1997
35Kaplan University111/1/1997
38Jones International University91/1/1999
39ITT Technical Institute87/1/1999
40Western Governors University66/2/2001
41Herzing College37/1/2004

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OEDb's Online College Rankings ranks 41 of the nation's top online colleges by eight different metrics. Please read more about this study or about our methodology for additional information.