Largest Online Graduate Schools

For the academic year 2022-2023, Liberty University is the largest online graduate school with 45,783 students who enrolled online exclusively. Western Governors University and Walden University also have the large number of online graduate students, following Liberty University.

The following table shows the top 25 graduate schools with most online graduate students.

Largest Online Graduate Schools (2022-2023)
	School Name	Graduate Student Population				Tuition & Fees		Number of Graduate Programs
	School Name	Total	Students Enrolled Online exclusively	Students Enrolled in Some Online Classes	Students Not Enrolled in Online Classes	In-State	Out-of-State	Total	Online Programs
1	Liberty UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsLynchburg, VA	47,803	45,783	472	1,548	$8,340		106	91
2	Western Governors UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsSalt Lake City, UT	44,128	44,128	0	0	$8,856		29	29
3	Walden UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsMinneapolis, MN	36,014	36,014	0	0	$10,657		61	61
4	Grand Canyon UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsPhoenix, AZ	35,047	34,152	9	886	$11,124		61	52
5	Capella UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsMinneapolis, MN	26,447	26,447	0	0	$15,066		143	143
6	Southern New Hampshire UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsManchester, NH	23,226	22,314	0	912	$20,469		35	22
7	University of Phoenix-ArizonaPrivate, 4 yearsPhoenix, AZ	19,025	18,918	0	107	$16,215		36	36
8	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusPublic, 4 yearsAtlanta, GA	26,881	18,575	482	7,824	$15,570	$30,646	83	-
9	Arizona State University Digital ImmersionPublic, 4 yearsScottsdale, AZ	15,872	15,872	0	0	$10,372	$10,573	71	71
10	Chamberlain University-IllinoisPrivate, 4 yearsAddison, IL	15,026	14,992	0	34	$14,900		8	7
11	Johns Hopkins UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsBaltimore, MD	25,231	13,621	4,381	7,229	$65,956		194	29
12	Purdue University GlobalPublic, 4 yearsWest Lafayette, IN	11,615	11,615	0	0	$10,521	$11,582	29	29
13	Northcentral UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsSan Diego, CA	11,472	11,472	0	0	$17,998		46	46
14	American College of EducationPrivate, 4 yearsIndianapolis, IN	9,861	9,861	0	0	$6,600		29	29
15	American Public University SystemPrivate, 4 yearsCharles Town, WV	9,462	9,462	0	0	$8,160		40	40
16	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignPublic, 4 yearsChampaign, IL	21,796	9,257	3,353	9,186	$18,837	$33,640	220	6
17	University of Maryland Global CampusPublic, 4 yearsAdelphi, MD	9,104	8,698	33	373	$9,702	$12,132	17	17
18	University of the CumberlandsPrivate, 4 yearsWilliamsburg, KY	12,879	7,466	4,630	783	$4,560		41	39
19	University of FloridaPublic, 4 yearsGainesville, FL	20,659	7,334	2,873	10,452	$12,737	$30,130	236	63
20	Ashford UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsSan Diego, CA	6,989	6,989	0	0	$13,515		31	31
21	University of the PeoplePrivate, 4 yearsPasadena, CA	6,972	6,972	0	0	-		4	4
22	Lamar UniversityPublic, 4 yearsBeaumont, TX	8,539	6,967	697	875	$8,642	$15,986	37	15
23	National UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsSan Diego, CA	10,146	6,793	556	2,797	$15,912		58	53
24	The University of Texas at ArlingtonPublic, 4 yearsArlington, TX	13,155	6,254	1,162	5,739	$10,853	$25,345	87	3
25	University of Southern CaliforniaPrivate, 4 yearsLos Angeles, CA	28,246	6,251	7,901	14,094	$68,128		297	19