Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · Maryland
Online colleges in Maryland
Across the 45 Maryland colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 109,338 students (32%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 57% took at least one distance course. 17 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
45
In Maryland
Students studying entirely online
109,338
32% of the 339,821 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
57%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
17
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 Maryland is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
Maryland colleges where students actually study online
Every Maryland 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.
53,615 of 60,084 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 3,591 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $7,992 in-state / $12,336 out-of-state.
13,179 of 30,362 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 4,523 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $63,340 in-state.
4,820 of 15,803 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 4,188 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,380 in-state / $10,880 out-of-state.
4,620 of 10,513 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 3,561 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,914 in-state / $8,642 out-of-state.
3,268 of 11,158 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 3,236 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,178 in-state / $11,330 out-of-state.
1,652 of 1,771 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 45 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $17,868 in-state.
1,561 of 5,108 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,768 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,974 in-state / $8,630 out-of-state.
1,438 of 1,445 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 6 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $13,920 in-state.
1,342 of 4,984 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,376 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,200 in-state / $9,450 out-of-state.
974 of 1,836 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 259 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $41,910 in-state.
821 of 1,980 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 566 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,010 in-state / $8,504 out-of-state.
794 of 3,101 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,232 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $9,772 in-state / $23,490 out-of-state.
765 of 2,665 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 765 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,730 in-state / $12,050 out-of-state.
738 of 2,882 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 623 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $49,647 in-state.
660 of 902 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 182 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $27,318 in-state.
515 of 646 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 57 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $17,868 in-state.
387 of 1,500 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 49 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $51,250 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 Maryland 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 Maryland colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/maryland
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