Online Degree Study

The Online Education Database just released their Online College Ranking for the year 2007. The said ranking was based on several criteria such as the college or university’s accreditation, the institution’s listing in College Opportunities Online Locator (COOL), the university must offer more than one undergraduate degree-granting program online and must offer at least 50% of its undergraduate degree-granting programs online.

To come out with reliable and credible ranking, the OED makes use of eight different metrics such as acceptance rate, financial aid, graduation rate, peer Web citations, retention rate, scholarly citations, student-faculty ratio, and years accredited to rank the online universities accordingly.

And so, here are the Online Education Database’s Top 20 Online Universities based on overall ranking:

1. Grand Canyon University
2. Florida Metropolitan University
3. American InterContinental University
4. Capella University
5. Fisher College
6. Colorado Technical University
7. Post University
8. University of Maryland University College
9. Bellevue University
10. Westwood College
11. City University
12. Western International University
13. Jones International University
14. Western Governors University
15. University of Phoenix
16. Granite State College
17. South University
18. Strayer University
19. Cardean University
20. Northcentral University

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