Graduation Rates for Popular Online Colleges

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Kaplan was a for-profit university that was purchased by the Purdue system in 2018, so the graduation rates for the 2018-2019 school year don't reflect any potential changes that might have occurred when it went public. Even if the Department of Education had graduation rates up to the 2019-2020 school year, that wouldn't be enough time to have an effect on the 8-year graduation rate.

I'm well aware of what Kaplan was. My husband attends PUG. I still think it's a weird deal. I wouldn't include stats from them since It's not true PUG stats. Kaplan has been gone for a few years. There's still another 5-6 years to go before you'll find 8 year grad rates for PUG. Hopefully it survives that long.

I don't expect Ashford/UAGC, Brandman/UMass Global, and Northcentral to change much, but Kaplan/PUG did undergo some major changes with the addition of the competency-based programs. I expect Northcentral to change the least since it was purchased by National University, which kind of operates like a for-profit system. Their accreditation is currently being threatened.