Answered by CoachT
More than a few of those are not "online colleges" in the strict sense - they have campuses as well. If you're going to include colleges that have a campus AND teach online, there are a lot more colleges to pick from. In fact, that would be just about all of the 4000+ colleges in the US. Adding to PE2008 American Public Univ. (aka American Military University) if you happen to be in the military or federal service. And they're relatively inexpensive. Outside of government people get confused about who they are and think they're a military service school like the War College. Thomas Edison State College Charter Oak State College SUNY-Empire State Honestly though - why not pick from the likes of Harvard, UC-Berkeley, UTexas, UMass, Berklee Music, Cornell, Columbia, Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and 1000's of other fine colleges and universities that also teach online? Some of these are ranked by USNews for you. Mt State Univ, for example, is a tier 4 master's-south. Very much of your list (Not all of them, I don't know them all. Just most of them) could start out with "and in last place we have a tie between....." If a "last place" college is the best you can do (and I understand it is for some people) then just pick the one that is cheapest, the end result will be the same. "find a position in your field of study" - right now there are people graduating from the top 10 that can't find a position in their field of study or any position at all for that matter. Graduating from the bottom 10 isn't going to help your effort there very much. Honestly though - There are many employers that could care less where you graduated from as long as you can check off the box "has a degree" and the school is on the list of "accredited". If you already have an employer and some experience and just need to "check off the box" then one of these may do fine for you. If you need to actually learn a bunch of stuff so that you can be marketable in a career that you'd like to enter then go to a USNWR "top school" (50% of the ranked colleges) most have online programs, it's 2009. If you're looking for "cheap", "easy", or "fast" and think these are any of those - read again. They are none of those. Your local state college probably gets that spot. These are generally expensive, hard to graduate from, and can set you back a few years of coursework if you pick one nobody will accept for transfer. If you're looking for "just about anyone can get in" and "may graduate with a degree if they don't quit" you found the list. Most employers aren't actively looking for those people though. Some of your choices may not belong in this list. I suspect that's what you're looking for here. I can note that UMUC is a public college (state owned) which separates it from the others. Add: all of the schools on your list (and the additions of PE2008 and myself) are regionally accredited except: Everest, ITT, Virginia, and Westwood. Transferring those to an RA college would be nearly impossible. (I just verified the entire list)