Best Student to Faculty Ratios for Online Colleges | 2012 Edition

Below you will find the top 64 online universities in America sorted student to faculty ratios.

These ratios were often varied for colleges with multiple campuses. For those colleges the student to faculty ratio was not factored into their overall rankings.

Why we like student to faculty ratio?
Low student to faculty ratios tend to suggest a more intimate college experience and more faculty resources for students to enjoy. This ratio may not be as important to students taking classes online so this metric was a smaller weight in the overall rankings.

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Best Online Colleges of 2012
Category Rank
College
Ratio
1
 Everglades University
7
2
 National University
9
3
 City University of Seattle
9
4
 National American University
10
5
 Utica College
11
6
 Jones International University
11
7
 New England College
12
8
 Northeastern University
13
9
 Stratford University
13
10
 Crown College
14
11
 Champlain College
15
12
 Abilene Christian University
15
13
 Five Towns College
15
14
 Dickinson State University
15
15
 Westwood College
15
16
 Argosy University
15
17
 Cambridge College
15
18
 Saint Leo University
16
19
 Savannah College of Art and Design
16
20
 DeVry University
16
21
 Grand Canyon University
16
22
 Peirce College
17
23
 Cardinal Stritch University
17
24
 Full Sail University
17
25
 ECPI University
18
26
 Franklin University
18
27
 Tiffin University
19
28
 Regent University
19
29
 The College of Westchester
19
30
 Fisher College
19
31
 Western International University
19
32
 Keiser University
20
33
 Herzing University
20
34
 The Art Institutes International
20
35
 Post University
20
36
 Salem International University
21
37
 International Academy of Design and Technology-Online
21
38
 University of Advancing Technology
21
39
 Upper Iowa University
22
40
 California State University Monterey Bay
22
41
 Nova Southeastern University
22
42
 Kaplan University
22
43
 Academy of Art University
22
44
 South University
22
45
 LeTourneau University
23
46
 Bellevue UniversityBaker College
23
47
 Baker College
23
48
 American Public University System
24
49
 Monroe College
25
50
 Stevens-Henager College
25
51
 California University of Pennsylvania
26
52
 Virginia College
26
53
 Capella University
28
54
 Berkeley College
29
55
 Western Governors University
30
56
 Strayer University
30
57
 Liberty University
31
58
 ITT Technical Institute
31
59
 American InterContinental University Online
31
60
 Walden University
32
61
 Schiller International University
37
62
 Everest University
39
63
 Colorado Technical University
60
64
 Ashford University
94

Some colleges with multiple campuses were assigned a student to faculty ratio. This was only typical for colleges that had a separate listing for online programs within the U.S. Department of Education IES National Center for Education Statistics website or if there was only a couple campuses and a ratio could be comfortable included.

Interested in seeing who made the list in 2011 - here were the Best Online Colleges of 2011.

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Best Online Colleges 2012 By Metric

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% Receiving Grants or Scholarship Aid

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