How these universities are ranked
The rest are ordered by research impact. Mission College has the largest research record in this group, with 115,201 citations and an h-index of 144. 4 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
Public, private and where they are
The split is 15 public to 1 private institutions. By location, Arizona (1), Puerto Rico (1) and California (1) account for the most of those we can place. The University of Arizona Global Campus is the largest, with 20,152 students.
What the courses look like
The usual length is 1 year and null. 88% are full-time and 2 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (96% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (96% of courses with a stated intake). University of Dallas offers the widest choice, with 4 of these courses.
What it costs
We hold indicative fees for 3 of these universities. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus is the least expensive at USD 7,750 a year and University of Massachusetts Global the most at USD 12,540; the middle of the range is about USD 11,960. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
