Schools Ranked by Accreditation Years

For our rankings, we only included online colleges that are accredited by an agency officially recognized by the Office of Postsecondary 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.

Not every school had tuition data available on their websites. We did not, however, want to penalize those colleges without data. To that end, we simply excluded those schools from the rankings in this category.

Rank School FT to PT
Faculty Ratio		 Institution
Fin. Aid Rate		 Acceptance Rate Retention Rate Graduation Rate Accred.
Years		 Default
Rate		 Job Place. Rate  
200 Jackson Community College 0.27 to 1 13% N/A 56% 11% 79 18% N/A  
200 Norwich University 0.92 to 1 98% 66% 77% 55% 79 4% N/A  
200 Seattle Pacific University 1.25 to 1 96% 70% 85% 74% 79 2% 90%  
200 Springfield College in Illinois to 1 N/A N/A N/A 41% 79 21% 96%  
200 The University of Findlay 4.14 to 1 99% 69% 78% 57% 79 6% N/A  
200 University of Utah 5.73 to 1 35% 83% 87% 55% 79 3% N/A  
207 Green Mountain College 1.57 to 1 95% 67% 63% 44% 78 10% N/A  
207 Ohio Dominican University 0.76 to 1 100% 61% 57% 48% 78 8% N/A  
207 Prairie View A & M University 4.85 to 1 23% 40% 64% 34% 78 19% N/A  
207 Schreiner University 1.04 to 1 100% 61% 64% 40% 78 12% N/A  
207 South Georgia College 0.81 to 1 8% N/A 46% 13% 78 23% N/A  
207 Troy University 0.71 to 1 34% 71% 74% 32% 78 15% N/A  
207 University of North Alabama 2.32 to 1 34% 88% 71% 27% 78 14% N/A  
214 Duquesne University 0.97 to 1 100% 70% 87% 76% 77 2% N/A  
214 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 3.48 to 1 25% 48% 79% 40% 77 18% N/A  
214 Georgia Southern University 7.15 to 1 11% 56% 80% 47% 77 7% N/A  
214 Jacksonville State University 1.97 to 1 45% 84% 68% 32% 77 13% 100%  
214 Misericordia University 0.53 to 1 99% 57% 86% 64% 77 5% N/A  
214 North Georgia College & State University 2.00 to 1 9% 53% 76% 52% 77 7% N/A  
214 Saint Peter's College 0.73 to 1 99% 67% 73% 51% 77 11% N/A  
214 University of Great Falls 0.52 to 1 91% N/A 55% 28% 77 8% N/A  
222 Angelo State University 4.18 to 1 50% 93% 61% 31% 76 16% N/A  
222 Brigham Young University-Idaho 1.42 to 1 32% 99% 73% 61% 76 2% N/A  
222 Illinois Institute of Technology 1.43 to 1 100% 64% 89% 64% 76 5% N/A  
222 Keystone College 0.35 to 1 90% 91% 70% 44% 76 13% N/A  
222 North Carolina A & T State University 3.28 to 1 51% 61% 74% 41% 76 14% N/A  
222 The University of Texas at El Paso 2.29 to 1 37% 99% 75% 37% 76 12% N/A  
222 University of West Georgia 3.20 to 1 5% 55% 74% 39% 76 8% N/A  
229 Wilkes University 0.61 to 1 97% 75% 82% 58% 75 6% N/A  
229 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 3.00 to 1 98% 57% 95% 76% 75 3% N/A  
231 Ashland University-Ohio 0.90 to 1 96% 72% 72% 61% 74 5% 100%  
231 North Carolina Central University 2.36 to 1 64% 61% 68% 38% 74 15% N/A  
231 Saint Joseph College 0.57 to 1 99% 78% 75% 56% 74 6% N/A  
231 Southern University and A & M College 4.06 to 1 18% 43% 70% 25% 74 12% N/A  
231 University of Nevada-Reno 0.88 to 1 60% 88% 79% 51% 74 7% N/A  
231 University of St Francis 0.46 to 1 100% 44% 79% 63% 74 3% N/A  
231 University of West Alabama 28.00 to 1 58% 68% 57% 30% 74 12% N/A  
238 Tennessee Technological University 1.48 to 1 27% 97% 73% 50% 73 4% N/A  
238 University of Nebraska at Omaha 1.02 to 1 41% 76% 73% 43% 73 8% N/A  
240 Armstrong Atlantic State University 1.55 to 1 6% 57% 65% 32% 72 9% N/A  
240 Asbury University 0.97 to 1 89% 63% 80% 71% 72 6% N/A  
240 Hofstra University 0.99 to 1 87% 59% 80% 58% 72 6% N/A  
240 Northeastern University 0.91 to 1 80% 35% 95% 77% 72 4% N/A  
240 Siena Heights University 0.44 to 1 96% 55% 66% 44% 72 7% N/A  
245 Belhaven University 0.60 to 1 81% 48% 63% 48% 71 7% N/A  
245 Boise State University 1.23 to 1 25% 85% 69% 31% 71 8% 95%  
245 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus 6.11 to 1 14% 60% 74% 52% 71 7% N/A  
245 Maryville University of Saint Louis 0.37 to 1 96% 67% 82% 68% 71 3% N/A  
245 Northwestern State University of Louisiana 2.13 to 1 56% 82% 69% 34% 71 14% N/A  
250 Mansfield University of Pennsylvania 2.93 to 1 19% 77% 72% 53% 70 8% N/A  
250 Pfeiffer University 1.24 to 1 87% 59% 69% 45% 70 7% N/A  
250 Washington Adventist University 24.50 to 1 93% N/A 69% 28% 70 10% N/A  
253 American College of Education to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 69 N/A N/A  
253 Bemidji State University 1.38 to 1 31% 90% 68% 45% 69 7% N/A  
253 Mount Aloysius College 0.58 to 1 99% 72% 62% 51% 69 10% N/A  
253 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 7.14 to 1 10% 67% 81% 59% 69 5% N/A  
257 Briar Cliff University 1.97 to 1 99% N/A 69% 45% 67 8% N/A  
257 Youngstown State University 0.77 to 1 35% N/A 65% 34% 67 15% N/A  
259 Arcadia University 0.58 to 1 99% 54% 76% 62% 66 5% N/A  
259 Del Mar College 0.54 to 1 20% N/A N/A 9% 66 14% N/A  
259 Ohio University-Zanesville Campus 0.49 to 1 20% N/A 56% 39% 66 9% N/A  
259 Roosevelt University 0.51 to 1 91% 74% 65% 46% 66 6% N/A  
259 Tennessee State University 2.35 to 1 32% N/A 67% 36% 66 14% N/A  
259 University of Maryland-University College 0.10 to 1 8% N/A 40% 12% 66 6% N/A  
259 Utica College 0.67 to 1 95% 78% 64% 44% 66 7% N/A  
259 West Chester University of Pennsylvania 2.21 to 1 12% 47% 86% 68% 66 4% N/A  
259 Western Carolina University 2.64 to 1 64% 39% 72% 50% 66 6% N/A  
268 Austin Peay State University 1.25 to 1 17% 88% 69% 34% 65 17% N/A  
268 Brenau University 0.65 to 1 96% 34% 69% 44% 65 8% N/A  
268 Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus 1.67 to 1 42% 63% 64% 24% 65 18% N/A  
268 Fayetteville State University 5.83 to 1 61% 61% 70% 31% 65 17% N/A  
268 King College 1.27 to 1 79% 66% 67% 41% 65 9% N/A  
268 Saint Cloud State University 1.80 to 1 36% 90% 69% 49% 65 6% N/A  
268 Taylor University 1.22 to 1 91% 84% 85% 80% 65 5% N/A  
268 Winston-Salem State University 2.97 to 1 33% 62% 80% 41% 65 12% N/A  
276 Centralia College 0.59 to 1 21% N/A 53% 34% 64 0% N/A  
276 Clarion University of Pennsylvania 2.63 to 1 7% 79% 70% 49% 64 7% 95%  
276 Columbia International University 4.88 to 1 90% 67% 82% 58% 64 3% N/A  
276 Howard Payne University 2.83 to 1 99% 69% 57% 46% 64 15% N/A  
276 Jackson State University 2.72 to 1 41% 31% 73% 40% 64 16% 70%  
276 Kentucky Wesleyan College 1.17 to 1 95% 52% 54% 44% 64 18% N/A  
276 Langston University 2.21 to 1 45% N/A 56% 13% 64 33% N/A  
276 Minnesota State University-Moorhead 1.59 to 1 24% 63% 68% 45% 64 5% N/A  
276 Olympic College 0.36 to 1 6% N/A N/A 30% 64 15% N/A  
276 Rivier College 18.25 to 1 98% 81% 78% 37% 64 3% N/A  
276 Southwestern Assemblies of God University 1.02 to 1 67% 32% 66% 36% 64 14% N/A  
276 Texas Southern University 2.68 to 1 21% 39% 61% 12% 64 24% N/A  
276 Waldorf College 15.67 to 1 100% 49% 37% 45% 64 7% 87%  
289 Bluefield College 0.70 to 1 99% 49% 56% 36% 63 9% N/A  
289 Edinboro University of Pennsylvania 4.54 to 1 14% 75% 73% 51% 63 8% N/A  
289 Holy Names University 0.32 to 1 98% 64% 70% 39% 63 11% N/A  
289 Humboldt State University 1.10 to 1 40% 83% 74% 40% 63 8% N/A  
289 Missouri Southern State University 2.06 to 1 47% 97% 60% 33% 63 12% N/A  
289 Pepperdine University 1.25 to 1 71% 32% 93% 81% 63 2% N/A  
289 Towson University 1.01 to 1 37% 54% 84% 64% 63 3% N/A  
289 University of California-Los Angeles 3.81 to 1 58% 26% 97% 90% 63 3% N/A  
289 University of San Francisco 0.73 to 1 67% 58% 84% 70% 63 4% N/A  
289 University of Southern California 1.96 to 1 61% 23% 97% 90% 63 3% N/A  
299 Adams State College 0.91 to 1 65% 64% 54% 20% 62 19% N/A  
299 Ashford University-Iowa 0.02 to 1 10% 90% 42% 22% 62 20% N/A  

Methodology

For each college, we gathered data for nine different metrics: the number of full-time faculty per part-time faculty member; institutional financial aid, acceptance, retention, graduation, job placement, and default rates; years accredited; and undergraduate tuition. Learn more