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  
485 Northern Essex Community College 0.20 to 1 1% N/A 60% 14% 43 17% N/A  
485 Pitt Community College 0.62 to 1 8% N/A 57% 16% 43 13% N/A  
485 Prince George's Community College 0.17 to 1 4% N/A 61% 9% 43 16% N/A  
485 Sacred Heart University 0.57 to 1 89% 64% 75% 68% 43 4% N/A  
485 Seminole State College of Florida 0.33 to 1 10% N/A N/A 32% 43 21% N/A  
485 Surry Community College 0.41 to 1 16% N/A 78% 22% 43 6% N/A  
485 The University of West Florida 1.25 to 1 24% 66% 73% 48% 43 7% N/A  
485 Thunderbird School of Global Management 2.24 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 43 2% N/A  
485 University of Mary 0.48 to 1 98% 75% 72% 52% 43 4% N/A  
485 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1.98 to 1 8% 90% 70% 40% 43 6% N/A  
511 Bellevue College 0.30 to 1 9% N/A N/A 29% 42 10% N/A  
511 Charleston Southern University 1.17 to 1 98% 65% 63% 38% 42 6% N/A  
511 Community College of Allegheny County 0.21 to 1 6% N/A 56% 11% 42 14% N/A  
511 DeSales University 0.49 to 1 98% 73% 81% 69% 42 3% N/A  
511 Fisher College 0.25 to 1 86% 59% 71% 40% 42 19% N/A  
511 Kirkwood Community College 0.42 to 1 14% N/A 49% 22% 42 15% N/A  
511 Macon State College 1.48 to 1 9% 75% 74% 13% 42 18% N/A  
511 McKendree University 0.52 to 1 100% 68% 76% 54% 42 9% N/A  
511 Montgomery County Community College-Central Campus 0.35 to 1 1% N/A 61% 12% 42 13% N/A  
511 Northampton County Area Community College 0.14 to 1 5% N/A 62% 21% 42 16% N/A  
511 Pennsylvania College of Technology 2.91 to 1 5% N/A 66% 47% 42 10% N/A  
511 Pinellas Technical Education Center-Clearwater 0.94 to 1 0% N/A 73% 97% 42 0% N/A  
511 Sinclair Community College 0.44 to 1 9% N/A 51% 10% 42 20% N/A  
511 Texas A & M International University 32.00 to 1 24% 48% 68% 42% 42 12% N/A  
511 University of Alabama at Birmingham 12.11 to 1 56% 72% 79% 45% 42 6% N/A  
511 University of Alabama in Huntsville 1.75 to 1 71% 64% 79% 45% 42 7% N/A  
511 University of Central Florida 1.82 to 1 36% 45% 87% 63% 42 8% N/A  
511 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 0.90 to 1 42% 67% 71% 41% 42 8% N/A  
511 University of Colorado Denver 5.44 to 1 42% 60% 76% 40% 42 5% N/A  
511 University of Illinois at Chicago 1.64 to 1 59% 63% 79% 54% 42 4% N/A  
511 Wake Technical Community College 0.57 to 1 3% N/A 69% 15% 42 12% N/A  
511 Walsh University 0.74 to 1 100% 77% 75% 60% 42 6% N/A  
511 York College 1.28 to 1 95% 84% 67% 43% 42 12% N/A  
534 Abilene Christian University 8.48 to 1 94% 64% 75% 60% 41 10% 18%  
534 Atlanta Technical College 0.34 to 1 0% N/A N/A 31% 41 0% N/A  
534 Atlantic Cape Community College 0.31 to 1 2% N/A N/A 15% 41 23% N/A  
534 Bethel College-Mishawaka 0.75 to 1 97% 69% 85% 51% 41 9% N/A  
534 Clayton State University 1.44 to 1 5% 39% 67% 26% 41 12% 100%  
534 Dakota College at Bottineau 0.47 to 1 36% N/A 41% 37% 41 8% N/A  
534 Dowling College 0.25 to 1 92% 82% 65% 39% 41 7% N/A  
534 Massasoit Community College 0.22 to 1 4% N/A 62% 13% 41 16% N/A  
534 Nova Southeastern University 0.98 to 1 86% 58% 70% 43% 41 4% N/A  
534 Presentation College 1.59 to 1 81% 75% 67% 39% 41 11% N/A  
534 Saddleback College 0.35 to 1 0% N/A 76% 35% 41 15% N/A  
534 Tri-County Technical College 0.41 to 1 4% N/A 41% 9% 41 16% N/A  
534 University of Baltimore 0.85 to 1 56% 32% 77% N/A 41 72% N/A  
534 West Los Angeles College 0.33 to 1 0% N/A 61% 12% 41 16% N/A  
548 Brookdale Community College 0.34 to 1 3% N/A 66% 20% 40 17% N/A  
548 Central Carolina Community College 0.37 to 1 0% N/A N/A 39% 40 0% N/A  
548 Champlain College 0.47 to 1 84% 85% 76% 62% 40 3% 83%  
548 Daniel Webster College 0.21 to 1 1% 66% 63% 43% 40 7% N/A  
548 George Mason University 1.23 to 1 17% 53% 87% 64% 40 3% N/A  
548 Georgia Northwestern Technical College 0.50 to 1 2% N/A N/A 29% 40 0% N/A  
548 Lanier Technical College 0.46 to 1 0% N/A 50% 40% 40 0% N/A  
548 Lord Fairfax Community College 0.18 to 1 10% N/A 65% 26% 40 0% N/A  
548 Mount Vernon Nazarene University 0.76 to 1 99% 72% 70% 57% 40 5% N/A  
548 New River Community College 0.31 to 1 14% N/A 60% 21% 40 20% N/A  
548 Our Lady of Holy Cross College 0.64 to 1 20% 63% 67% N/A 40 6% N/A  
548 Parkland College 0.46 to 1 9% N/A 60% 20% 40 18% N/A  
548 Post University 0.12 to 1 51% 77% 57% 36% 40 19% N/A  
548 Saint Thomas Aquinas College 0.67 to 1 90% 81% 76% 58% 40 7% N/A  
548 Southside Virginia Community College 0.30 to 1 13% N/A 64% 26% 40 0% N/A  
548 The University of Texas at Dallas 2.96 to 1 73% 53% 83% 61% 40 8% N/A  
548 University of Massachusetts-Boston 1.01 to 1 53% 68% 75% 40% 40 6% N/A  
548 Walters State Community College 0.27 to 1 17% 100% 55% 19% 40 20% N/A  
566 Edgecombe Community College 0.53 to 1 4% N/A N/A 56% 39 20% N/A  
566 Gateway Community and Technical College 0.39 to 1 3% N/A N/A 35% 39 28% N/A  
566 Hawaii Pacific University 0.68 to 1 62% 71% 67% 39% 39 5% N/A  
566 Haywood Community College 0.61 to 1 3% N/A 69% 23% 39 0% N/A  
566 Lake Land College 0.30 to 1 21% N/A 57% 25% 39 20% N/A  
566 Lincoln Land Community College 0.53 to 1 8% N/A 54% 20% 39 19% N/A  
566 Middlesex Community College 0.28 to 1 13% N/A 56% 13% 39 13% N/A  
566 New Mexico State University-Dona Ana 0.34 to 1 7% N/A 62% 12% 39 15% N/A  
566 Northeastern Technical College 0.42 to 1 7% N/A 58% 14% 39 0% N/A  
566 Northern Kentucky University 1.36 to 1 36% 66% 66% 37% 39 11% N/A  
566 Rappahannock Community College 0.14 to 1 17% N/A 60% 24% 39 0% N/A  
566 Southern New Hampshire University 0.19 to 1 89% 84% 72% 57% 39 7% N/A  
566 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 39 2% N/A  
579 Bay State College 0.26 to 1 79% 76% 75% 22% 38 19% N/A  
579 Cecil College 0.21 to 1 62% N/A N/A 8% 38 15% N/A  
579 Clark State Community College 0.15 to 1 8% N/A 47% 9% 38 19% 100%  
579 Des Moines Area Community College 67.40 to 1 8% N/A N/A 42% 38 15% N/A  
579 Dover Business College 1.07 to 1 12% 68% N/A 56% 38 24% N/A  
579 Florida International University 1.46 to 1 46% 51% 82% 43% 38 9% N/A  
579 Great Basin College 0.43 to 1 14% N/A 58% 23% 38 10% N/A  
579 Husson University 11.22 to 1 81% 75% 74% 38% 38 12% N/A  
579 Iowa Central Community College 0.28 to 1 48% N/A 55% 39% 38 20% N/A  
579 J Sargeant Reynolds Community College 0.28 to 1 4% N/A 59% 9% 38 17% N/A  
579 Lake Region State College 3.10 to 1 54% N/A 54% 52% 38 8% N/A  
579 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 69.67 to 1 75% 80% 82% 69% 38 1% N/A  
579 Moultrie Technical College 0.42 to 1 1% N/A 52% 36% 38 0% N/A  
579 The University of Texas at San Antonio 2.54 to 1 53% 83% 62% 27% 38 11% N/A  
579 The University of Texas at Tyler 2.30 to 1 44% 46% 64% 40% 38 12% N/A  
579 Three Rivers Community College 0.36 to 1 17% N/A 53% 19% 38 22% N/A  
595 Antonelli College- Cincinnati 0.28 to 1 0% N/A 26% 48% 37 35% 100%  
595 Barclay College 0.63 to 1 100% 100% 76% 41% 37 12% N/A  
595 Cedarville University 2.21 to 1 77% 75% 85% 68% 37 2% N/A  
595 Central Christian College of Kansas 1.19 to 1 100% N/A 62% 54% 37 8% N/A  
595 Cerro Coso Community College 0.43 to 1 0% N/A 49% 19% 37 18% N/A  
595 Clinton Community College 0.42 to 1 4% N/A 48% 27% 37 24% 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