Best Graduation Rates for Online Colleges | 2012 Edition

Below you will find the top 65 online universities in America sorted by graduation rates. More specifically the statistics below represent the percentage of full-time, first-time students who graduated within 150% of the "normal time" to completion for their program. For example, this would be within 6 years for most bachelor programs.

Why we like graduation rates?
Because the reason we go to college is to hopefully finish on the other side with a degree. You may want to investigate colleges with low graduation rates and try to figure out what may be preventing more students from successfully finishing their degrees.

Some schools below do not have a graduation rate either because they have multiple campuses or they were not admitting students during the 2003-04 academic year. We did not include graduation rate for these schools into their overall ranking.

Category Rank
College
Graduation Rate
1
Full Sail University
-
2
Northeastern University
-
3
Keiser University
-
4
Savannah College of Art and Design
66%
4
Everglades University
-
6
Champlain College
-
7
Abilene Christian University
-
8
Fisher College
56%
9
Crown College
55%
10
Cardinal Stritch University
52%
11
Monroe College
50%
12
Dana College
49%
12
California University of Pennsylvania
49%
12
Utica College
-
15
LeTourneau University
48%
15
ECPI College of Technology
48%
17
Schiller International University
-
18
Virginia College
-
19
Five Towns College
45%
20
Liberty University
-
20
The Art Institutes
-
22
New England College
-
23
Tiffin University
-
23
Saint Leo University Online
-
23
The College of Westchester
43%
26
California State University Monterey Bay
42%
26
Grand Canyon University
-
26
Westwood College
-
29
Franklin University
39%
30
Berkeley College
38%
31
Upper Iowa University
36%
32
Salem International University
-
32
Nova Southeastern University
36%
32
Stevens-Henager College
-
35
University of Advancing Technology
35%
36
DeVry University
-
37
Academy of Art University
33%
38
National University
-
39
Dickinson State University
31%
39
South University
-
41
Stratford University
31%
42
Ashford University
-
43
Jones International University
-
44
Herzing College
-
44
National American University
-
46
Post University
-
47
City University of Seattle
26%
48
Everest University
-
49
Kaplan University
-
50
Western Governors University
-
51
Bellevue University
21%
52
American InterContinental University Online
16%
53
Strayer University
14%
54
-
-
55
Peirce College
6%
55
Western International University
-
Not Ranked
International Academy of Design and Technology-Online
-
Not Ranked
Regent University
-
Not Ranked
American Public University System
-
Not Ranked
Capella University
-
Not Ranked
ITT Technical Institute
-
Not Ranked
Colorado Technical University
-
Not Ranked
Walden University
-
Not Ranked
Argosy University
-
Not Ranked
Cambridge College
-
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