OEDb's Online College Rankings 2008: Ranking by Years Accredited

Update: OEDb has released the 2009 rankings. This is an archived page from our 2008 rankings.

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.

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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.