The Best Online College Rankings of 2012

Besides the online colleges that run entirely online, more and more traditional and public universities and colleges are expanding their degree programs for online students. Students who prefer to pursue a degree online may get confused and might face difficulties to decide the best online college that offers online education program specialized in their area of interest. In order to help students who are trying to choose the right school to earn a degree online, we have compiled a list of top online colleges. The online college rankings are based on factors that are important for making the right online education decision like accreditation, graduation rate, tuition fees, student loan repayment rate, and more.

Rank	School	Repayment Rate	Retention Rate	Tuition	Score
1	Villanova University	78%	80%	$14,933.00	81.32
2	University of Minnesota	69%	81%	$11,532.00	81.22
3	State University of New York	66%	87%	$14,545.00	79.26
4	Iowa State University	73%	86%	$18,563.00	77.88
5	Chadron State College	71%	70%	$8,936.00	77.13
6	North Carolina State University	71%	88%	$19,064.00	76.99
7	Missouri University of Science and Technology	75%	85%	$20,543.00	75.20
8	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	70%	71%	$12,203.00	74.78
9	University of Houston	64%	82%	$14,782.00	74.72
10	Virginia Tech	77%	92%	$23,217.00	74.44
11	University of North Dakota Online	68%	79%	$16,373.00	74.08
12	Texas A&M University	74%	91%	$22,817.00	73.65
13	University of Nebraska School of Allied Health Professions	61%	75%	$7,530.00	73.26
14	University of Kentucky	65%	82%	$17,678.00	71.80
15	University of Missouri	69%	84%	$20,516.00	71.59
16	Plymouth State University	70%	76%	$18,076.00	71.06
17	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	72%	89%	$23,813.00	70.36
18	Georgia Institute of Technology	80%	94%	$26,926.00	70.08
19	Washington State University	68%	82%	$20,531.00	69.78
20	Michigan Technological University	79%	81%	$24,527.00	67.84
21	UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School	79%	96%	$29,390.00	67.01
22	University of Washington	68%	93%	$25,329.00	66.88
23	Haywood Community College	58%	70%	$8,053.00	66.67
24	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	71%	94%	$27,238.00	66.22
25	Brandman University Online	55%	75%	$9,611.00	65.83
26	Saint Francis University	75%	85%	$26,534.00	65.73
27	Colorado State University-Global	67%	83%	$23,095.00	65.49
28	University of Alaska	62%	71%	$15,776.00	64.59
29	North Carolina A&T State University	59%	72%	$13,858.00	64.49
30	Mississippi State University	52%	82%	$13,801.00	63.49

Recommended Online Universities

University of Alaska

The University of Alaska provides online undergraduate and graduate degrees, certificates, occupational endorsements, and online course in various career fields. Most students are adults continuing their educations and many of them are taking online degree programs. The master degree program in teaching has the highest enrollments.

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Earn your accredited online degree from one of the nation's top-ranked universities, the University of Massachusetts. UMassOnline allows you to attend the same high-quality programs and learn from the same world-class faculty as students on campus. You can choose to get your degree on campus or completely online.

State University of New York

Online education of State University of New York is offered via SUNY Learning Network. Online Degree and Certificate programs from the university including online Masters, online Bachelors, online Associate degrees. When you register and complete an online degree program at a SUNY campus, your online degree is a real, accredited degree.

Colorado State University-Global

Colorado State University-Global Campus is a 100% online, public university offering bachelor's completion and master's degrees . Earn a degree that you can trust from Colorado State University-Global Campus. Choose from Bachelors, Masters or Certification Completion Courses.