The number of students involved in online education grows steadily year by year. Sometimes it is the only opportunity to balance work, family, and study, using every spare moment to improve professional knowledge and move ahead in a career. And it is a unique chance for international students to obtain a degree from accredited colleges in the United States through distance learning. Along with this, many educational institutions offer a wide range of different graduate programs. How to compare them and make a choice?

The table below includes the best US colleges for this year, offering 100% online degrees at the bachelor's level or higher in three disciplines: Business, Engineering and Information Technology (IT). Why did we choose these three? Because they are most in-demand by employers.

Our current ranking is based on the U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of online graduate programs in Business, Engineering and IT. All represented educational institutions are accredited and ranked by their score in each separate discipline (from higher to lower).