Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · Pennsylvania
Online colleges in Pennsylvania
Across the 170 Pennsylvania colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 104,638 students (17%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 43% took at least one distance course. 34 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
170
In Pennsylvania
Students studying entirely online
104,638
17% of the 617,812 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
43%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
34
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 Pennsylvania is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
Pennsylvania colleges where students actually study online
Every Pennsylvania 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.
13,399 of 13,564 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 151 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $15,204 in-state.
6,039 of 12,880 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 3,471 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $7,373 in-state / $11,400 out-of-state.
5,565 of 12,224 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 4,016 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,632 in-state / $12,440 out-of-state.
4,789 of 6,981 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 845 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $37,420 in-state.
4,204 of 4,204 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $26,929 in-state.
3,729 of 11,305 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 4,383 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $11,388 in-state / $16,006 out-of-state.
3,078 of 8,895 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,025 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $6,270 in-state / $16,230 out-of-state.
3,013 of 5,198 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,210 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $42,286 in-state.
2,060 of 7,638 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,323 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $6,660 in-state / $14,940 out-of-state.
1,983 of 6,385 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,922 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,215 in-state / $13,205 out-of-state.
1,909 of 6,098 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,768 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,021 in-state / $13,421 out-of-state.
1,492 of 1,503 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 11 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $13,920 in-state.
1,212 of 4,275 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 942 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,880 in-state / $14,424 out-of-state.
1,200 of 4,788 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,019 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $6,270 in-state / $12,030 out-of-state.
1,082 of 3,299 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,017 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $38,160 in-state.
873 of 1,694 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 256 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $27,000 in-state.
872 of 872 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $15,060 in-state.
867 of 2,455 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 272 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $29,990 in-state.
766 of 2,310 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,049 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $34,502 in-state.
716 of 866 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 108 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $26,929 in-state.
710 of 2,165 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 770 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $38,310 in-state.
703 of 1,673 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 430 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $7,290 in-state / $19,890 out-of-state.
671 of 2,407 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 831 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $28,550 in-state.
617 of 1,031 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 51 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $26,929 in-state.
605 of 1,939 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 765 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $17,950 in-state.
441 of 827 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 248 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $19,404 in-state.
356 of 482 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 126 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $26,929 in-state.
328 of 777 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 68 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $22,171 in-state.
292 of 936 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 177 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $29,900 in-state.
217 of 402 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $26,929 in-state.
193 of 227 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 18 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $26,929 in-state.
165 of 573 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 185 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $24,510 in-state.
155 of 497 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 342 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $26,929 in-state.
135 of 135 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $26,929 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/pennsylvania
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