The Largest Online Community Colleges

In recent decades, the online colleges and universities that offer all programs via distance education (online degree) completely have emerged and it benefits to students for several reasons. Additionally, through the pandemic, online education has developed into a systematic education method.

Many well-known colleges and universities are developed online divisions to offer online degree programs, and the number of online students has grown very rapidly.

0 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 0 from last year. Eastern Gateway Community College has the most online students of 28,254 out of 30,364 total students (93.05%) among colleges that offer online programs. All online students enrolled in undergraduate programs at the school.

Central Piedmont Community College with 16,997 online students and Houston Community College with 16,560 online students are following it in the largest online Community Colleges ranking.

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Eastern Gateway Community College has the most online students with 28,254 students and Central Piedmont Community College has the second highest online population with 16,997 students.

Eastern Gateway Community College ranked 1st, up 2 places from 3rd last year. Central Piedmont Community College ranked 2nd, up 18 places from 20th last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $10,636 and graduate tuition & fees is - for the academic year 2023-2024.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 25 The Largest Online Community Colleges.

Table. The Largest Online Community Colleges Comparison
	School Name	Online Enrollment	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees
1 2	Eastern Gateway Community College Steubenville, OH Public, 2-4 years	28,254 10,089	30,364	30,364	-	9,351	21,013	$6,071 ($4,385)
2 18	Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, NC Public, 2-4 years	16,997 1,958	17,694	17,694	-	7,409	10,285	$8,936 ($2,792)
3 2	Houston Community College Houston, TX Public, 2-4 years	16,560 13,828	48,159	48,159	-	19,467	28,692	$5,460 ($4,344)
4 69	American River College Sacramento, CA Public, 2-4 years	14,286 7,114	27,422	27,422	-	14,210	13,212	$12,808 ($1,288)
5 4	Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN Public, 2-4 years	14,187 26,995	89,705	89,705	-	40,496	49,209	$9,465 ($4,912)
6 2	Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, VA Public, 2-4 years	14,133 21,038	51,896	51,896	-	24,984	26,912	$11,786 ($5,703)
7 4	Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga, CA Public, 2-4 years	12,508 6,586	19,238	19,238	-	7,552	11,686	$11,120 ($1,184)
8 91	Sacramento City College Sacramento, CA Public, 2-4 years	11,866 6,285	17,719	17,719	-	7,058	10,661	$12,808 ($1,288)
9 5	Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC Public, 2-4 years	10,859 6,270	21,551	21,551	-	9,711	11,840	$7,582 ($2,336)
10 74	East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CA Public, 2-4 years	10,641 4,373	27,855	27,855	-	13,628	14,227	$10,130 ($1,238)
11 2	De Anza College Cupertino, CA Public, 2-4 years	9,105 9,324	16,335	16,335	-	8,276	8,059	$12,317 ($1,562)
12 3	San Joaquin Delta College Stockton, CA Public, 2-4 years	9,100 7,805	16,168	16,168	-	6,509	9,659	$9,072 ($1,288)
13 10	CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn, NY Public, 2-4 years	9,030 5,029	15,042	15,042	-	7,138	7,904	$8,132 ($5,252)
14 22	Saddleback College Mission Viejo, CA Public, 2-4 years	8,842 2,038	16,660	16,660	-	7,424	9,236	$13,732 ($1,432)
15 174	Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen, CA Public, 2-4 years	8,744 5,441	15,037	15,037	-	6,413	8,624	$10,130 ($1,238)
16 6	Portland Community College Portland, OR Public, 2-4 years	8,669 12,606	19,400	19,400	-	8,251	11,149	$10,080 ($5,040)
17 55	Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder Boulder, CO Private, 2-4 years	8,536 1,314	8,894	8,894	-	2,373	6,521	$21,476
18	Cosumnes River College Sacramento, CA Public, 2-4 years	8,183	13,294	13,294	-	5,672	7,622	$12,808 ($1,288)
19 10	Long Beach City College Long Beach, CA Public, 2-4 years	8,050 13,649	22,402	22,402	-	9,717	12,685	$11,440 ($1,556)
20	Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills, CA Public, 2-4 years	7,932	15,372	15,372	-	6,783	8,589	$10,130 ($1,238)
21 119	College of the Canyons Santa Clarita, CA Public, 2-4 years	7,885 3,684	18,075	18,075	-	10,118	7,957	$11,232 ($1,176)
22 5	Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, NM Public, 2-4 years	7,860 7,784	19,095	19,095	-	7,337	11,758	$8,366 ($1,934)
23	Riverside City College Riverside, CA Public, 2-4 years	7,555	19,147	19,147	-	7,782	11,365	$11,230 ($1,420)
24	Los Angeles City College Los Angeles, CA Public, 2-4 years	7,516	13,199	13,199	-	5,604	7,595	$10,130 ($1,238)
25	Fresno City College Fresno, CA Public, 2-4 years	7,398	22,609	22,609	-	10,228	12,381	$9,454 ($1,334)
	Average	10,988	24,093	24,093	-	10,540	13,554	$10,636 ($2,353)

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