Introduction: Covid-19 affected higher education institutions worldwide. Aim: This article identifies opportunities based on the need for change in the delivery of educational instruction resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of private colleges in Saudi Arabia. Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted among 151 college students from two campuses of Buraydah Private colleges from March to July 2020. A self-administered questionnaire was provided online to all the students__ampersandsign#39; as a web link composed of several questions on sociodemographic information, opinion of students regarding online classes, agreement levels of students on live sessions vs recorded sessions, testing availability of functioning internet service __ampersandsignquot;networking technology__ampersandsignquot; at home (WiFi, data bundle) helping you for distance teaching, identify the maximum number of hours one can stay motivated and follow the session, examine the ability of students to concentrate at home while studying, assess different approaches in facilitating learning experiences. Results: Study findings showed 57 (37.7%) were males with mean age of 26.3 and 94 (62.3%) were females with mean age of 27.5. Majority of students were single 91 (60.3%), 60 (39.7%) were married. Majority of the students had functioning internet services 126 (84%) at their homes which help them for distance teaching and 16% did not had the internet service. Many agreed that they were satisfied with interaction received before the launching of the online classes by the tutors, but results were not found significant among students of different departments. Conclusion: The study findings showed acceptable results showing that respective private colleges of Saudi Arabia provided good online support and orientation regrading COVID 19 crisis and students practiced good time management skills with online sessions.