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Top 25 Open university programs worldwide
RevenueBase identified 2,454 open university programs worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 291,048 professional contacts across them, including 82,776 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers open university programs 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 20, 2026. Country and city lists for open university programs 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 open university programs 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 10,664 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 9,719 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 9,254 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “WGU, is an online university for the 21st century.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 8,654 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The University of South Africa is a comprehensive, open learning and distance education institution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 6,993 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Open University is an expert in flexible higher education that fits around your working life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 5,762 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 5,458 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The UOC is an internationally recognised online university with a community of over students.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 5,303 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our mission is your success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 5,132 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is the largest public university in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 4,143 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 3,990 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The University of North Dakota is the state's flagship institution, with more than students and 225+ online and on campus fields of study.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 3,497 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For 50 years Walden University has provided working professionals with access to higher education to achieve professional and community service goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 3,423 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “La Universidad de Salamanca (Usal) es una de las universidades más antiguas del mundo y es uno de los centros de referencia de enseñanza superior en España.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 3,354 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Keiser University, we are here to help you succeed by providing the professional and academic foundation to meet your educational goals and objectives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 3,213 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Weber State is renowned for excellent teaching, accessible educational opportunities and an enduring presence in northern Utah.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 3,073 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Apollo Education Group, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 2,676 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 2,631 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Education Management Corporation, with approximately 119,500 students as of April 2014, is among the largest providers of post-secondary education in North America, based on…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 2,506 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Capella University was built for people whose ambition never stops.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 2,395 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The University of Southern Queensland is a regional University dedicated to providing quality degrees and programs in a flexible and supportive environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: open university programs. 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 open university programs.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of open university programs, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name open university programs. 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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Open university programs worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 20, 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 open university programs, 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 open university programs are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “open university programs”. 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 open university programs), 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 open university programs, 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, 82,776 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 20, 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.
Open university programs by location
10 lists · largest firstEvery Open university programs list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Open university programs based in the United States672
- Open university programs based in Brazil232
- Open university programs based in India201
- Open university programs based in Mexico110
- Open university programs based in the United Kingdom92
- Open university programs based in Spain61
- Open university programs based in Canada59
- Open university programs based in Germany56
- Open university programs based in France44
- Open university programs based in Italy26
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 open university programs, 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 open university programs are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 2,454 open university programs 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 open university programs?
The United States leads with 672 companies, followed by Brazil (232) and India (201). Every open university programs list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most open university programs?
London leads with 33 headquartered companies, followed by Sao Paulo (25) and Miami (14).
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 82,776 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,454 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 20, 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.