Now that you have checked out and requested information about some of the top ten rated online colleges, it’s time for you to learn about the next ten. Remember, any college ranking system is imperfect and every student’s needs are different. Some students need a degree from a well known college or university to advance in their job or career, for others a degree from a less well know college is as valuable as an Ivy League degree. Some students may need to carefully consider tuition costs and look for the cheapest colleges or colleges offering the most financial aid; others may have employee or military education benefits and be totally unconcerned with finding a college or university with low tuition.

If you are in a hurry to earn a degree, you might want to focus on colleges featuring online degree programs with accelerated options, or you may seek a degree program that allows you to proceed at a more leisurely rate. And, if you have significant college credit, military training, and/or applicable life experience, you will probably want to focus on colleges and universities most willing to give you academic credit for what you have already done.

In other words, there are no “best twenty (20) online colleges and universities” or “top twenty (20) online degrees” for everyone.

We’re giving you what we think are the overall best online colleges and universities, but only you can decide which might be best for you. To do that, we suggest that you carefully consider the following institutions (best online colleges 11-20).

Online College #11 would have been in the top ten if it offered both online bachelors and masters degrees, but it offers only online masters programs. However, the masters degree programs are all excellent, and some, including diplomacy, nursing administration, and engineering, are fairly unique in online education.

You might not recognize the name of this university, but it is well worth considering. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and by the Distance Education and Training Council. The university has a "learn by doing" focus, and offers an exceptionally wide variety of online education programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Online University #13 is a “no brainer”…a university that can’t be left off a list like this. It offers degrees at all levels (associate, bachelors, masters, and doctoral), and the number of majors available is almost limitless so you can be fairly certain it will award an online degree in the major of interest to you.

Online University #14 is another easy choice. It was one of the very first accredited universities to offer distance education and external degrees. The only online degrees offered are masters degrees in education (with four different areas of concentration), so skip them if that not your area of interest, but be sure to learn more if it is.

Online University #15 probably awards more MBA degrees online than any other college or university in the United States. And, as you might guess, it offers a very wide variety of concentrations in the business areas. Because so many students choose it, because you can study almost any business-related subject, and because this institution devotes all of its focus to offering degrees in business, if you are interested in business it should be on your “short list”.

This university is an acknowledged leader in online education as a result of the quality and variety of their online degree offerings. Accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the University offers an associate degree in general studies, 49 certificates, bachelors degrees, and masters degree in business, 32 online graduate and undergraduate programs in information systems and technology, 2 online education masters degree programs in education, 2 masters degrees in health services administration, and 10 online education programs in the social science and criminal justice field.

Online College #17 is a strongly career focused university which has been educating students, on campus or online, for more than thirty-five (35) years. A wide variety of associate, bachelors, and masters degrees are available, and one of the strengths of this institution is that students have easy access to their online instructors and classmates.

Online College #18 costs less than half what some online colleges and universities charge, but that is not the only reason it made our top colleges and universities list. You’ll find cheap tuition here, but you’ll also like the many associates, bachelors, and masters level programs offered, including an unusual program or two in majors like web development.

Online College # 19 would have been higher on the list if it had a larger number of degree programs, but it deserves inclusion because of the high quality of the masters degrees it does offer in communications, business, public administration, information systems, and technology management. If you live in New York, New Jersey or New England our best is that you’ll already know about this college.

Online College #20 is another of the online colleges which could easily be ranked in the top ten. It may not offer as many programs as some of the colleges and universities we ranked more highly, but that won’t matter to you if the degree you seek is one they do offer, so why not take a look at their list?

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