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Top 25 Competency-based online universities worldwide
RevenueBase identified 1,400 competency-based online universities worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 133,404 professional contacts across them, including 36,703 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers competency-based online universities worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for competency-based online universities follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest competency-based online universities worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14,568 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “University of Phoenix has helped pioneer online education since launching online courses in 1989.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 9,254 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “WGU, is an online university for the 21st century.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 7,270 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Somos una institución educativa con un modelo único en el mundo por la flexibilidad y empoderamiento que le brinda al estudiante, ya que éste puede elegir su propio programa…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 5,458 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The UOC is an internationally recognised online university with a community of over students.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 5,303 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our mission is your success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 5,132 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is the largest public university in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 4,577 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “upGrad - started in 2015, is a pioneer in the online education revolution, focused on powering career success for a global workforce of over 1.3 billion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 4,465 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Named for Sam Houston, Texas’ greatest hero, SHSU continually strives to honor its historical roots through academic excellence that includes exceptional teaching from faculty…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 3,073 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Apollo Education Group, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 2,676 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 130 years, Strayer University has been at the forefront of change, offering affordable options to help students get ahead and stay ahead.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 2,506 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Capella University was built for people whose ambition never stops.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 2,249 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Studi – La grande école 100 % en ligne, 100 % humaine Leader de la formation en ligne en France, nous accompagnons au quotidien plus de 59 apprenants, leur permettant de réussir…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 2,232 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kaplan University (now Purdue University Global) is a regionally accredited university dedicated to helping adult students, who need flexibility, fit higher education into their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 2,101 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Rasmussen University, part of the American Public University System, provides career-focused education through flexible online and on-campus programs throughout several Midwest…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 1,684 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Situated in Maine’s economic and cultural center, the University of Southern Maine (USM) is a public university with undergraduate and graduate students taking courses online and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 1,362 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re here to open doors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 1,226 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our Mission To provide a community of caring and guidance for academic, financial, mental health, and career support while providing a path that makes quality college education…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 1,144 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Unitec, we educate people for work, in work and through work with a comprehensive portfolio of programmes extending from certificates and diplomas through to degrees, across a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 1,055 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “National American University is a cornerstone of higher education, offering flexible degree programs designed for working adults seeking new careers, new adventures and new lives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1,012 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Instituto Profesional IACC 100% Online, es co-fundador del Sistema de Educación Privada en Chile.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1,001 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Columbia Southern University, we truly believe in offering students flexible, affordable online degree programs with exceptional service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 968 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “University Canada West (UCW) is an innovative business and technology-oriented institution in downtown Vancouver, Canada, offering online and on-campus undergraduate and graduate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 949 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Educação que chega e leva mais longe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 927 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1901, Golden Gate University, a private nonprofit university based in the heart of San Francisco's financial and high-tech district, empowers students to achieve their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 917 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “I-UNIVERSITY: Intelligenza, Indipendenza, Integrazione.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: competency-based online universities. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names competency-based online universities.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of competency-based online universities, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name competency-based online universities. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Competency-based online universities worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among competency-based online universities, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for competency-based online universities are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “competency-based online universities”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names competency-based online universities), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among competency-based online universities, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 36,703 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Competency-based online universities by location
8 lists · largest firstEvery Competency-based online universities list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Competency-based online universities based in the United States381
- Competency-based online universities based in India122
- Competency-based online universities based in Brazil109
- Competency-based online universities based in Mexico78
- Competency-based online universities based in the United Kingdom60
- Competency-based online universities based in Spain41
- Competency-based online universities based in Canada28
- Competency-based online universities based in France27
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names competency-based online universities, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many competency-based online universities are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 1,400 competency-based online universities worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
University Of Phoenix, headquartered in Phoenix, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most competency-based online universities?
The United States leads with 381 companies, followed by India (122) and Brazil (109). Every competency-based online universities list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most competency-based online universities?
London leads with 25 headquartered companies, followed by Sao Paulo (16) and Miami (15).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 36,703 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,400 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.