Learn More About OnlineColleges.com

OnlineColleges.com is a resource for current and prospective students who want reliable information about online colleges and degree programs. To help you make informed and confident decisions, we offer comprehensive guides that feature online colleges, online degree programs, certifications and career outlooks when you search for:

• Colleges by state
• Colleges by degree
• Colleges by program

OnlineColleges.com is owned and operated by EducationDynamics, LLC, an industry leader in higher education marketing. EducationDynamics’ headquarters are located at 15200 Santa Fe Trail Drive, Suite 200, Lenexa, KS, 66219. For more information about EducationDynamics, LLC. Click here

Featured colleges for each of the categories can be found in our navigation bar toward the top of our page.

Our College Resources section provides additional guidance. Here, you can find:

• How to Pay for Online College - This section focuses on guides to financial aid for online colleges, including grants, loans, scholarships and specific demographics.
• College Comparison Tool - A tool where you can compare different colleges offering online programs.
• Additional Rankings - Detailed rankings focused on specific criteria, such as colleges for transfer students or careers for math-lovers
• OC Insights - We provide articles to prepare you for distance learning: what you should look out for and what you can expect in when you're going to an online college.

We take great pride and care in giving you the knowledge needed to pursue your online education.

Mission Statement

At OnlineColleges.com, our mission is to empower students with knowledge about distance education. We believe that informed students are best able to take their education, their careers and their futures into their own hands, benefiting them as individuals and our society as a whole.

What Makes a Good Online College?

Our goal at OnlineColleges.com is to help every visitor find the online college that's best for them. That means that we don't just pick one "best" college and call it a day. We have created many different rankings that look at online colleges in many different ways. However, across our rankings, there are factors of the online college experience that we are always keeping in mind. These factors inform the criteria we choose for our rankings, and our consideration of these factors is why we feel confident that we can help you find the online college that's right for you.

Visit our methodologies page for information on our criteria.

Where We Get Our Information?

We use data from government agencies and other nationally recognized, primary sources. We make sure that our data analysis relies on a sound methodology. We don't make any claims that that are not backed up by actual data. Our favorite data sources include the following:

• The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
• The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• The United States Census Bureau