Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · Arkansas
Online colleges in Arkansas
Across the 47 Arkansas colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 35,277 students (24%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 53% took at least one distance course. 19 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
47
In Arkansas
Students studying entirely online
35,277
24% of the 149,819 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
53%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
19
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 Arkansas is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
Arkansas colleges where students actually study online
Every Arkansas 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.
6,582 of 14,032 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 3,338 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $7,754 in-state / $13,826 out-of-state.
3,099 of 8,158 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,455 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $8,455 in-state / $19,210 out-of-state.
2,440 of 9,487 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 3,120 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $8,508 in-state / $14,502 out-of-state.
2,235 of 7,839 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,203 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $2,982 in-state / $5,022 out-of-state.
1,922 of 4,175 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,194 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,848 in-state / $7,248 out-of-state.
1,520 of 5,127 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,612 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $9,820 in-state / $15,400 out-of-state.
1,111 of 3,275 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 500 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $10,168 in-state / $12,477 out-of-state.
788 of 1,451 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 264 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $2,570 in-state / $4,250 out-of-state.
736 of 2,739 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,109 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $8,868 in-state / $14,718 out-of-state.
724 of 2,136 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,173 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $7,885 in-state / $9,882 out-of-state.
554 of 1,544 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 423 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,584 in-state / $7,242 out-of-state.
545 of 1,732 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 379 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $2,856 in-state / $4,320 out-of-state.
483 of 483 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $13,920 in-state.
481 of 1,273 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 582 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,960 in-state / $4,980 out-of-state.
397 of 1,284 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 470 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,168 in-state / $4,632 out-of-state.
377 of 1,013 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 283 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,820 in-state / $6,820 out-of-state.
361 of 1,190 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 393 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,204 in-state / $5,364 out-of-state.
328 of 1,118 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 505 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,558 in-state / $4,542 out-of-state.
295 of 810 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 149 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,960 in-state / $8,260 out-of-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 Arkansas 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 Arkansas colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/arkansas
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