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OEDb's Online College Rankings 2011: 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 U.S. 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 "Accreditation 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 July 1, 2011.

Rank College Year
Accredited		 Accreditation
Date
1 Ottawa University 97 1/1/14
2 Colorado State University 86 1/1/25
3 Ashford University 61 1/1/50
4 Brandman University 55 3/31/56
5 Golden Gate University 52 3/31/59
6 Grantham University 50 7/2/61
7 Salem International University Online 48 1/1/63
8 Saint Leo University 44 1/1/67
9 Grand Canyon University 43 1/1/68
10 Fisher College 41 7/1/70
11 Peirce College 40 7/1/71
12 Columbia College 39 7/1/72
12 Post University 39 9/1/72
14 Southern New Hampshire University 38 12/1/73
15 Franklin University 35 1/1/76
15 Ohio Christian University 35 1/1/76
17 Bellevue University 34 1/1/77
17 National University 34 2/28/77
19 City University33 6/1/78
21 Colorado Technical University 31 7/1/80
21 Granite State College 31 10/1/80
21 Harrison College 31 7/1/80
21 Liberty University 31 1/1/80
25 Argosy University 30 1/1/81
25 Strayer University 30 7/1/81
27 Florida Tech University 29
28 Berkeley College 28 1/1/93
28 Schiller International University 28 7/1/83
30 Regent University 27 1/1/84
30 Western International University 27 1/1/84
32 National American University 26 1/1/85
32 South University 26 7/1/85
32 Tiffin University 26 1/1/85
35 Full Sail University 25
36 Champlain College 21 9/26/90
36 Virginia College 21 7/1/90
36 Walden University 21 1/1/90
39 Keiser University 20 7/1/91
40 Aspen University 18 6/5/93
40 Everglades University 18 9/26/93
42 American Public University 16 1/6/95
42 San Joaquin Valley College 16 7/1/95
44 DeVry University 15 7/1/02
45 Capella University 14 1/1/97
45 Florida National College 14 1/1/87
45 Kaplan University 14 1/1/97
48 Hodges University 13 1/1/98
49 ITT Technical Institute 12 7/1/99
49 Jones International University 12 1/1/99
51 Ultimate Medical Academy 11 12/14/00
52 Columbia Southern University 10 1/12/01
52 Rasmussen College 10 1/1/01
52 Western Governors University 10 6/2/01
55 American Intercontinental University 9 1/1/02
55 Stevens-Henager College 9 10/27/02
55 Stratford University 9 7/1/02
58 LA College International 8 7/1/03
58 Northcentral University 8 1/1/03
58 University of the Rockies 8 1/1/03
61 Herzing University 7 1/1/04
62 Westwood College 4 7/1/07
63 Ellis University 3 1/1/08
63 Everest University 3 7/1/69
65 California Intercontinental University 2 1/17/09
NA Ivy Bridge College of Tiffin University NA

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