These online college profiles can help you understand your options and choose a virtual program. All online colleges in this directory are regionally accredited, the most widely accepted form of accreditation in the United States.
Note: This site does not do paid college profiles. The online colleges in this section have been chosen by the site editor and reviewed impartially. Online college summaries are excerpted from full profiles by impartial reviewers. Click on any school's name for info about the college's programs, learning opportunities, and tuition charges.
National University is a private, non-profit university system offering dozens of online programs in addition to its brick-and-mortar courses held on California campuses. Programs at National University are designed for adult learners with five or more years of work experience.
Tiffin University welcomes scholars, students who have yet to prove themselves, and established adults alike. Its schools of arts and sciences, business, and criminal justice and social sciences generate degree opportunities for distance learners at the associate and master's levels.
A master's certificate in business program highlights Tulane University's distance-learning options. Students receive streaming-video lectures from the same faculty that teaches at Tulane's A.B. Freeman School of Business, ranked among the top 50 business schools annually by U.S. News and World Report.
The University of Cincinnati devised its menu of distance-learning options primarily from health care, education and criminal justice. In keeping with its distance-learning roots, begun in 1984, Cincinnati continues to offer fire science programs as well.
Northcentral University is a regionally accredited for-profit online college with headquarters in Arizona. They are known for flexibility in admissions requirements (not asking for standardized test scores) and teaching schedules (no set class times or residencies).
Villanova reaches out to working professionals with online certifications intended to turbocharge the climb up the corporate ladder -- or strengthen the foothold at the top. The university stakes its reputation -- a No. 1 ranking by U.S. News and World Report in the north region -- on its professional education certificate program.
Winston-Salem State University often blends distance learning with other modes of course delivery. However, transfers from within the state of North Carolina can finish a multipurpose bachelor's degree completely online. Online master's degrees are available in health care -- some with clinical obligations.
Azusa Pacific University is a respected brick-and-mortar California college offering accredited online masters’ degrees, certificates, and bachelor completion programs. Degrees can be earned online or though online / in-class blended learning.
Strayer University is a network of campuses and online programs designed for adult learners with full time jobs. Strayer University actively works with students to apply transfer credits from other colleges, exams, professional certifications, portfolio learning, and the military.
TESC is known as one of the “big three” colleges that make it convenient for students to transfer previously earned credits, receive credit via testing, and earn credit for life experience. Classes are offered online and through independent study.
