Top Accredited Online Colleges and Universities

By: Staff Writer

A lists for colleges and universities that are exclusively online and another list of great colleges that offer online classes.

Top Accredited Online Colleges and Universities

Since the popularity of online colleges and universities is growing, it’€™s only natural that more and more people are considering earning a degree online. There are a lot of people who would like to know what the top accredited online colleges and universities are, because if they are getting an online education, they want to know that they are still receiving a high-quality education. The problem is that there isn’t an “official” list ranking online universities like there is for traditional universities. There are, however, some lists out there which have been put together by independent websites which give lists of the schools that they think are the top accredited online colleges. The issue with these lists is that you don’t know if these websites are putting schools on their lists because they have affiliate programs with them. In other words, their lists could be skewed according to who is paying them for referrals.

Below is a list of online colleges and universities that accredited-online-colleges.com feels are among the top accredited online colleges and universities. The list is given in alphabetical order rather than from the top university down.

  • A.T. Still University
  • Abilene Christian University
  • AIU Online
  • American Sentinel University
  • Baker College Online
  • Boston University
  • Bowling Green State University
  • Capella University
  • Chamberlain College of Nursing
  • Colorado Technical University
  • DeVry University
  • Eastern Kentucky University
  • ECPI University-Online Degrees
  • Everest University Online
  • Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences
  • George Washington University
  • Grand Canyon University
  • Grantham University
  • Herzing University Online
  • International Academy of Design and Technology Online
  • ITT Technical Institute Online
  • Jones International University
  • Purdue Global
  • Keiser University Online
  • Marylhurst University
  • Mountain State University
  • New England College
  • Norwich University
  • South University
  • Sterling College
  • Strayer University
  • The University of Liverpool
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of Florida
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • University of New England
  • University of Phoenix
  • University of Saint Mary
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Virginia College
  • Walden University
  • Western International University Interactive Online
  • Westwood College
  • Woodbury College

Most of the schools on the list above are colleges and universities that focus primarily on online education. There are a few exceptions, but most are primarily online colleges and universities.

One thing you should keep in mind when searching for an online university is its reputation. Just like traditional schools, reputation does matter with online schools. Fortunately, more and more online universities are making headway in this area. If you already know what kind of degree you would like to earn, it would be wise to check with traditional universities that have well-known programs for that area of study and see if they offer distance learning (online classes) for your degree of choice. Below is a list that we put together of top colleges and universities in the United States that offer online courses.


  • Stanford University

  • Columbia University

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Duke University

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • University of Maryland

  • University of Virginia

  • Johns Hopkins University

  • Rutgers University

  • Vanderbilt University

  • Georgetown University

  • University of Southern California

  • University of California, Los Angeles

  • University of Michigan

  • New York University

  • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Texas A&M University

  • Purdue University

  • University of Notre Dame

  • George Washington University

  • University of Florida

  • University of Washington

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Penn State University

  • The Ohio State University

  • University of Connecticut

  • University of Pittsburgh

  • University of Georgia

  • Brigham Young University

  • Michigan State University