Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · Oregon
Online colleges in Oregon
Across the 43 Oregon colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 45,795 students (24%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 53% took at least one distance course. 15 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
43
In Oregon
Students studying entirely online
45,795
24% of the 193,598 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
53%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
15
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 Oregon is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
Oregon colleges where students actually study online
Every Oregon 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.
12,441 of 35,622 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 8,141 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $13,494 in-state / $35,664 out-of-state.
9,580 of 20,033 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 6,089 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,040 in-state / $10,080 out-of-state.
2,458 of 6,507 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,337 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,879 in-state / $12,485 out-of-state.
2,025 of 7,433 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,141 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $6,210 in-state / $13,905 out-of-state.
1,472 of 2,798 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 445 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $10,671 in-state / $24,621 out-of-state.
1,405 of 5,153 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,442 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $6,210 in-state / $14,040 out-of-state.
989 of 3,790 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,271 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,184 in-state / $6,192 out-of-state.
850 of 2,387 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 662 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,909 in-state.
651 of 1,371 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 370 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $6,941 in-state / $9,551 out-of-state.
567 of 979 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $19,486 in-state.
566 of 1,936 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 521 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,857 in-state / $7,809 out-of-state.
405 of 1,489 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 654 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $6,840 in-state.
375 of 770 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 52 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $19,486 in-state.
299 of 1,131 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 528 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $6,210 in-state / $6,660 out-of-state.
117 of 280 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 80 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $19,486 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 Oregon 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 Oregon colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/oregon
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