Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · Virginia
Online colleges in Virginia
Across the 86 Virginia colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 170,271 students (31%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 57% took at least one distance course. 29 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
86
In Virginia
Students studying entirely online
170,271
31% of the 544,085 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
57%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
29
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 Virginia is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
Virginia colleges where students actually study online
Every Virginia 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.
87,269 of 103,068 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 7,405 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $21,222 in-state.
8,350 of 22,541 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 7,182 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $12,262 in-state / $32,662 out-of-state.
8,213 of 10,168 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,223 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $20,600 in-state.
5,197 of 15,912 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 5,192 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,730 in-state / $11,717 out-of-state.
3,727 of 11,745 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,229 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $18,484 in-state.
3,017 of 8,082 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,290 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,066 in-state / $11,069 out-of-state.
2,734 of 9,023 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,242 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,938 in-state / $10,941 out-of-state.
2,335 of 2,382 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 46 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $13,920 in-state.
2,195 of 7,707 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,315 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,730 in-state / $11,940 out-of-state.
1,866 of 6,127 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,616 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,944 in-state / $10,947 out-of-state.
1,163 of 1,167 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 4 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $9,450 in-state.
993 of 3,410 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 957 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,998 in-state / $11,001 out-of-state.
881 of 3,258 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 701 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,848 in-state / $10,851 out-of-state.
872 of 2,288 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 909 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,901 in-state / $10,904 out-of-state.
685 of 1,792 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 472 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $33,157 in-state.
649 of 1,911 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 39 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $11,656 in-state / $32,540 out-of-state.
630 of 824 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 194 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $10,735 in-state.
609 of 2,015 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 900 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,863 in-state / $10,866 out-of-state.
578 of 2,119 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 803 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,863 in-state / $10,866 out-of-state.
509 of 1,662 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,153 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $14,880 in-state.
502 of 1,378 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 648 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $38,550 in-state.
445 of 589 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 54 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $9,248 in-state.
388 of 989 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 484 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $29,696 in-state.
382 of 442 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $18,529 in-state.
337 of 1,168 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 395 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,730 in-state / $11,940 out-of-state.
152 of 403 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 217 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $18,529 in-state.
131 of 417 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 23 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $18,238 in-state.
127 of 270 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 44 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $18,238 in-state.
81 of 87 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 5 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $7,680 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 Virginia 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 Virginia colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/virginia
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