Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · Alabama
Online colleges in Alabama
Across the 55 Alabama colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 67,218 students (24%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 56% took at least one distance course. 21 of those colleges enrol at least a quarter of their students that way; they are listed below, largest online intake first.
Colleges with federal figures
55
In Alabama
Students studying entirely online
67,218
24% of the 281,648 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
56%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
21
At least 25% of students studying entirely online AND at least 50 of them. CampusPin thresholds, not federal categories.
Why your state still matters for online study
Distance study has no postcode, but the price and the paperwork do. Most public institutions charge residents less than non-residents, including for online courses at many of them, and states authorise which out-of-state institutions may enrol their residents at all. Starting from the colleges in Alabama is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
Alabama colleges where students actually study online
Every Alabama college where at least 25% of students were enrolled entirely at a distance and at least 50students did so, ordered by how many. Share alone would let a twenty-student campus open the list ahead of a community college teaching thousands at a distance. It is a measurement of enrolment, not a ranking, and nobody paid to be on it.
7,142 of 13,923 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,431 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $9,792 in-state / $19,584 out-of-state.
5,807 of 21,160 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 8,807 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $8,832 in-state / $21,864 out-of-state.
4,627 of 6,194 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 515 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $10,990 in-state / $20,090 out-of-state.
3,964 of 13,768 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 4,329 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $9,676 in-state / $18,652 out-of-state.
3,391 of 10,059 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 3,483 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $11,990 in-state / $22,190 out-of-state.
3,094 of 8,736 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,499 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,060 in-state / $8,870 out-of-state.
3,092 of 8,839 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,004 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,040 in-state / $8,850 out-of-state.
2,081 of 2,955 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 651 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $10,952 in-state / $15,451 out-of-state.
1,961 of 6,791 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,067 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,980 in-state / $8,790 out-of-state.
1,612 of 4,536 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,676 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,067 in-state / $8,877 out-of-state.
1,449 of 2,767 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 818 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,472 in-state / $9,536 out-of-state.
1,228 of 2,933 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 455 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $23,920 in-state.
952 of 2,905 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 936 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,980 in-state / $8,790 out-of-state.
816 of 1,935 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 401 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,680 in-state / $8,490 out-of-state.
651 of 2,248 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 698 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,040 in-state / $8,850 out-of-state.
648 of 1,907 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 625 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,890 in-state / $8,700 out-of-state.
569 of 2,130 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 748 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,980 in-state / $8,790 out-of-state.
266 of 272 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $18,900 in-state.
174 of 319 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 37 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $18,238 in-state.
166 of 448 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 112 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $13,420 in-state.
126 of 158 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 24 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $11,982 in-state.
Tuition shown is the published institution-wide rate, not the price of an online programme. Many colleges price online study on a separate schedule, and some charge a single rate regardless of where the student lives, so treat them as headline figures for the institution and confirm the online rate with the institution.
What this list is not
- It is not the complete set of your options. It counts students, not programmes. A college below the threshold may run an excellent online degree that few students happened to take exclusively that term, and residents of Alabama can enrol with institutions anywhere.
- It is not a ranking. A high share describes how an institution enrols, not how good it is. Some of the largest shares belong to institutions worth reading carefully before applying, which is why every row links to the full profile with cost, debt and graduation figures.
- It is one term. These are Fall 2023 enrolments, on the federal reporting cycle.
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Source & methodology
Enrolment figures are from the U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Fall Enrollment (distance education status), Fall 2023. Published tuition and control are from CampusPin's committed institution snapshot. Federal data is public domain; credit the U.S. Department of Education.
Distance-education figures count STUDENTS enrolled in Fall 2023, not programs on offer. "Exclusively at a distance" means a student took only distance courses that term. A college with few or no such students may still run online courses or an online degree, so a low figure is not evidence that online study is unavailable, and a high one is not a judgement of quality either way.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. (2026). Online study at Alabama colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/alabama
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