Best College Reviews Names its Best Online Colleges for 2015

GRANDVILLE, Mich., March 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Best College Reviews (http://www.bestcollegereviews.org), an independent college search and rankings website, has published a ranking of the 25 Best Online Colleges in America.

The full ranking can be viewed here: http://www.bestcollegereviews.org/top/online-colleges/

Northern Arizona University leads the rankings, which were compiled after surveying over 400 institutions who provided at least one degree fully online to measure affordability, flexibility, and academic rigor and support. Data from the Distance Education Council, Peterson's, and the National Center for Education Statistics was also used in compiling the rankings. Arizona State University and Granite State College came in at 2nd and 3rd in the rankings, respectively.

Other top online colleges that made the ranking include (in alphabetical order):

American Public University System, Charles Town, WV

Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE

Brandman University, Irvine, CA

Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO

Columbia College, Columbia, MO

Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS

Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ

Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Ottawa University, Ottawa, KS

Regis University, Denver, CO

Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH

St. Catherine University, Saint Paul, MN

State University of New York / OPEN SUNY

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD

University of Phoenix, Tempe, AZ

Waldorf College, Forest City Iowa

Wilmington University, New Castle, DE

According to Merrill Cook, lead editor for the piece, many college rankings organizations that would seek to survey online colleges do so without taking into account the unique strengths and demands that come along with online - as opposed to traditional - learning environments. 7.1 million Americans took for-credit online classes in 2013. In recent years, online education has flourished even more. Employers are increasingly embracing online degrees as online degrees have become mainstream. Best College Reviews attempted to measure these unique facets of online education through our flexibility and support services metrics. We augmented the view these metrics afforded us of online colleges by also surveying metrics that are most important to potential students: affordability and academic rigor. Please contact Merrill Cook with any questions or comments regarding the rankings.

Contact:

Merrill Cook
Rankings Editor

Phone: (731)-234-6475

Email: http://www.bestcollegereviews.org/contact/

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