Is online school consider full time school?

[AnnetteB6]

You need to consider two things to determine if you are a full-time student. 

One is how the school where you are enrolled defines full time.  Usually that would depend on the number of classes or hours you are taking at a time.

The other factor is whether you are enrolled at least 5 months during the year.

If you meet both of these qualifications, then for tax purposes you are a full-time student.

[Hal_Al]

Your school must also be an "eligible institution".  If the school you attended has ONLY online courses, it is most likely not an eligible institution.  But if it is also a "regular classroom" college it probably is.

The school should be able to tell you if it is an eligible educational institution. In general, an eligible educational institution is an accredited college, university, vocational school, or other postsecondary educational institution, including accredited, public, nonprofit, and proprietary (privately-owned, profit-making) postsecondary institutions. Additionally, in order to be an eligible educational institution, the school must be eligible to participate in a student aid program administered by the Department of Education. If they issue a 1098-T they are probably an eligible institution.

Enter your school at the link below, to see if it's on the dept. of education list.

https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home