List of Online Colleges in the United States

Earning a degree online from a regionally accredited college or university is one of the most effective and cost-efficient ways of qualifying yourself for career advancement opportunities and increasing your life-long earning potential. In fact, it's been shown that each consecutive level of higher education an individual achieves, on average, correlates to a measurable increase in earnings. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, average weekly earnings for U.S. workers vary according to level of education obtained; approximately $480 without a high school diploma; $660 with a high school diploma; $790 with an associate degree; $1,100 with a bachelor's degree; $1,350 with a master's degree, $1,624 with a doctoral degree, and almost $1,800 a week with a professional degree (J.D., M.D., etc.) As you can see the more education you receive, the greater your ability to earn.

Below we've compiled a comprehensive list of the schools and colleges in the United States that offer virtual or online education programs and are accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Online programs offered by these schools include associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, as well as graduate certificates and professional certifications. The list below includes schools that offer programs that are exclusively online, as well as schools that offer one or more fully online programs in addition to hybrid campus-based programs.