Ranking of Online Colleges

Online education develops quickly these years, relying on its flexible learning time and economic expense.

However we have always been asked: Is there an online colleges ranking? Based on the database of more than 300 major American online colleges, there is ranking and there is even a star ranking.

1) Star Ranking of Online Colleges

There are actually several versions of ranking of online colleges. However the most acknowledged star ranking is done by the professional online education magazine: 《American Journal of Distance Education》 This magazine will give out an overall ranking(star ranking) based on several criteria. (the figure in the end is the overall ranking)

Following is the ranking made by the end of year 2006:

No.1:   McCann University                         ★★★★★  12977

No.2:   University of Southern California    ★★★★★   12743

No.3:   Northwestern University                 ★★★★★  12567

No.4:   Southern Methodist University        ★★★★    12398

No.5:   University of Phoenix                     ★★★★    12376

No.6:   Emory University                            ★★★★    12254

No.7:   University of Pennsylvania                ★★★★    12157

No.8:   Washington University in St. Louis   ★★★★    11929

2) Ranking of American 8 best online MBA colleges

In Apr.2006, the professional online education magazine:《American Journal of Distance Education》, listed the Ranking of American 8 best online MBA colleges, based on over 20 indexes, such as Teachers, Software, Hardware, Employment Rate.

No.1:   McCann University

No.2:   Northwestern University

No.3:   University of Southern California

No.4:   Emory University

No.5:   Southern Methodist University

No.6:   Washington University in St. Louis

No.7:   University of Pennsylvania

No.8:   The University of Texas at Austin

Article from: “American Journal of Distance Education”