Online Education up 17 Percent, 4.6 Million U.S. Enrollments in 2009
By Anna Johnson on February 7th, 2010The 2009 Sloan Survey of Online Learning reveals that, in 2009, enrollment in online courses in the United States rose by nearly 17 percent over 2008.
The survey of more than 2,500 U.S. colleges and universities found that approximately 4.6 million students were enrolled in at least one online course in the autumn of 2009, the most recent term for which figures were available.
“Online enrollments in U.S. higher education show no signs of slowing,” said study co-author Jeff Seaman, Co-Director of the Babson Survey Research Group at Babson College. “More than one out of four college and university students now take at least one course online.”
You can review the seventh annual survey, a collaborative effort between the Babson Survey Research Group, the College Board and the Sloan Consortium, ‘Learning on Demand: Online Education in the United States, 2009 here.
