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Top 25 Distance learning universities worldwide
RevenueBase identified 4,260 distance learning universities worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 547,243 professional contacts across them, including 137,390 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers distance learning 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 distance learning 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 distance learning universities worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15,607 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A Estácio é uma das maiores e mais respeitadas instituições do setor educacional brasileiro.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 14,568 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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. | |||||
| 3 | 10,664 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1927, the University of Houston is the leading public research university in the vibrant international city of Houston.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 10,627 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “FIU is Miami's public research university.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 9,719 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1932, Southern New Hampshire University has grown from a small school of accounting and secretarial science into one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, accredited…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 9,254 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “WGU, is an online university for the 21st century.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 8,654 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The University of South Africa is a comprehensive, open learning and distance education institution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 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. | |||||
| 9 | 6,993 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Open University is an expert in flexible higher education that fits around your working life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 6,483 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cuenta oficial de la Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia - Innovación y excelencia educativa para todos.(+57) 323 264 1617 La Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 6,235 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A Universidade Positivo é a Instituição de Educação Superior fruto da experiência de três décadas do Grupo Positivo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 5,869 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “UNIR, the International University of La Rioja, delivers high-quality higher education through the most innovative technologies, always placing the student at the core of its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 5,762 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At National University, we believe it’s not just about the degrees our students earn, but the degree to which they use them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 5,458 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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. | |||||
| 15 | 5,303 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our mission is your success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 5,263 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Coventry University is a global, modern university with a mission of Creating Better Futures.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 5,160 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nossa paixão por educação fez com que nos tornássemos, pelo segundo ano consecutivo, a melhor universidade particular não confessional do estado de São Paulo, no RUF 2015 (Ranking…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 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. | |||||
| 19 | 4,936 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Com mais de 200 mil alunos em cursos de graduação e pós-graduação presenciais e a distância, a UNIASSELVI é a maior instituição privada de ensino superior de Santa Catarina e uma…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 4,893 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Universidade Norte do Paraná.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 4,651 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “School for International Training celebrates 60 years of educating global citizens through experiential international education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 4,577 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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. | |||||
| 23 | 4,468 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Administracion de proyectos de programas de educacion a distancia de la UNAM a nivel Licenciatura y Posgrado” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 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. | |||||
| 25 | 4,275 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Who are we?” 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: distance learning 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 distance learning universities.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of distance learning universities, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name distance learning 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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Distance learning 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 distance learning 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 distance learning universities are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “distance learning 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 distance learning 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 distance learning 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, 137,390 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.
Distance learning universities by location
29 lists · largest firstEvery Distance learning universities list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Distance learning universities based in the United States781
- Distance learning universities based in Brazil657
- Distance learning universities based in India457
- Distance learning universities based in Mexico174
- Distance learning universities based in the United Kingdom169
- Distance learning universities based in Spain108
- Distance learning universities based in the United Arab Emirates83
- Distance learning universities based in France68
- Distance learning universities based in Sri Lanka67
- Distance learning universities based in Argentina56
- Distance learning universities based in Indonesia53
- Distance learning universities based in Germany49
- Distance learning universities based in Canada46
- Distance learning universities based in Malaysia46
- Distance learning universities based in Colombia44
- Distance learning universities based in Italy44
- Distance learning universities based in Australia41
- Distance learning universities based in Ecuador41
- Distance learning universities based in Chile36
- Distance learning universities based in Switzerland36
- Distance learning universities based in Poland31
- Distance learning universities based in the Philippines30
- Distance learning universities based in the Netherlands29
- Distance learning universities based in South Africa28
Cities
- Distance learning universities based in Sao Paulo, Brazil116
- Distance learning universities based in New Delhi, India50
- Distance learning universities based in Curitiba, Brazil37
- Distance learning universities based in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil36
- Distance learning universities based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil25
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 distance learning 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 distance learning universities are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 4,260 distance learning 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?
Estácio, headquartered in Worldwide, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most distance learning universities?
The United States leads with 781 companies, followed by Brazil (657) and India (457). Every distance learning universities list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most distance learning universities?
London leads with 74 headquartered companies, followed by Sao Paulo (70) and Curitiba (28).
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 137,390 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 4,260 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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About this data
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.