13. Duquesne University

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (named after the 18th-century governor of New France, Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville) is a private Catholic university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded back in 1878 by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and was originally known as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost. In 1911, it became the first Catholic university-level institution in Pennsylvania and is currently the only Spiritan institution of higher education in the world.

It now offers lots of opportunities for students seeking an online degree, including accelerated bachelor’s and graduate degrees, with some at the doctorate level – with some designed to be completed fully online, while others will have some online components combined with face-to-face classroom time, clinical time or field work.

Examples of some of the fully online programs students can choose are in the areas of business, education and liberal arts.

Graduation rate: 74%