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Who Is Studying Online (and Where)
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This is a 2015 and 2016 data study. Overall an interesting list.

College Students Enrolled Exclusively in Distance Courses: 2,983,075 (that would be me) Big Grin
College Students Enrolled in at Least One Distance Course: 6,340,291 (31% of college students)


Fall 2016 Online Enrollments:
Excelsior College: 41,658
TESU: 12,489
COSC: not listed (less than 7516)


https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2018/01/05/new-us-data-show-continued-growth-college-students-studying
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I wonder how much the numbers have changed since then.

Where are all these people attending if so few attend the Big Three?

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(01-06-2018, 01:49 PM)Ideas Wrote: I wonder how much the numbers have changed since then.

Where are all these people attending if so few attend the Big Three?

Maybe they are attending the same college that they are distance learning from?  I have a friend who is moving to Florida soon, but he didn't want to miss this semester.  I think he enrolled in distance learning for the college in Florida with plans to attend there in person next year.
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(01-06-2018, 01:49 PM)Ideas Wrote: I wonder how much the numbers have changed since then.

Where are all these people attending if so few attend the Big Three?

If you click on the link the list tells you.

(01-06-2018, 02:38 PM)Life Long Learning Wrote:
(01-06-2018, 01:49 PM)Ideas Wrote: I wonder how much the numbers have changed since then.

Where are all these people attending if so few attend the Big Three?

If you click on the link the list tells you.

https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-l...s-studying
Non-Traditional Undergraduate College Credits (634 SH): *FTCC Noncourse Credits (156 SH) *DSST (78 SH) *CPL (64 SH) *JST Military/ACE (48 SH) *CBA (44 SH) *CLEP (42 SH) *FEMA IS (40 SH) *FEMA EM (38 SH) *ECE/UExcel (30 SH) *PLA Portfolio (28 SH) *EMI/ACE (19 SH) *TEEX/ACE (16 SH) *CWE (11 SH) *NFA/ACE (10 SH) *Kaplan/ACE (3 SH) *CPC (2 SH) *AICP/ACE (2 SH) *Sophia/ACE (2 SH) and *FRTI-UM/ACE (1 SH).
Non-Traditional Graduate College Credits (14 SH): AMU (6 SH); NFHS (5 SH); and JSU (3 SH).
 





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I agree. My daughter is enrolled at our local CC. She "could" take all her courses from them via distance learning, depending on the offerings that semester. Even though our CC system is large and has quite a few campuses, the distance sections fill up the fastest. It's just an overall more economical use of time for knocking out certain courses. It's smart.
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(01-06-2018, 02:38 PM)Life Long Learning Wrote: If you click on the link the list tells you.

Thanks. The numbers don't seem to add up, but I assume it's because many students are part-time and stay enrolled for many years. And schools that didn't make the list.

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It's nice to see UoP apparently slipping in attendance, but it's still baffling that they still attract so many folks.

I had no idea WGU was so close behind them. It'd be nice to see a non-profit leading the way.
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(01-06-2018, 03:42 PM)jsd Wrote: It's nice to see UoP apparently slipping in attendance, but it's still baffling that they still attract so many folks.

A lot of companies have deals with UoP and put their employees through without the employee ever having to see a bill.  My mom went through a cohort BA program (through another school) many years ago, her company paid for it all, the employees just showed up and did the work and never even knew what the tuition was.  it's a nice deal if you can get it (as opposed to your company having tuition reimbursement, which may or may not cover the full cost, and won't pay you back until after you show them your grades for the term).

Plus they cater to working adults, and a lot of times at the local CC or 4-yr school, it's hard to find courses at night.  Plus, with UoP, they do 1 course at a time, 1 night a week, at an accelerated pace.  So you finish that course, and start on the next, and just plug away.  That is almost impossible to do at a local CC or university.
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(01-06-2018, 03:41 PM)Ideas Wrote:
(01-06-2018, 02:38 PM)Life Long Learning Wrote: If you click on the link the list tells you.

Thanks. The numbers don't seem to add up, but I assume it's because many students are part-time and stay enrolled for many years. And schools that didn't make the list.

99% of colleges did not make the list.  This is just the largest.

(01-06-2018, 04:27 PM)dfrecore Wrote:
(01-06-2018, 03:42 PM)jsd Wrote: It's nice to see UoP apparently slipping in attendance, but it's still baffling that they still attract so many folks.

A lot of companies have deals with UoP and put their employees through without the employee ever having to see a bill.  My mom went through a cohort BA program (through another school) many years ago, her company paid for it all, the employees just showed up and did the work and never even knew what the tuition was.  it's a nice deal if you can get it (as opposed to your company having tuition reimbursement, which may or may not cover the full cost, and won't pay you back until after you show them your grades for the term).

Plus they cater to working adults, and a lot of times at the local CC or 4-yr school, it's hard to find courses at night.  Plus, with UoP, they do 1 course at a time, 1 night a week, at an accelerated pace.  So you finish that course, and start on the next, and just plug away.  That is almost impossible to do at a local CC or university.

I agree with you.  I am no fan of UoP, but B&M colleges fail adults students in many ways.  They fill a huge gap.
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Non-Traditional Graduate College Credits (14 SH): AMU (6 SH); NFHS (5 SH); and JSU (3 SH).
 





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Ideas Wrote:Thanks. The numbers don't seem to add up, but I assume it's because many students are part-time and stay enrolled for many years. And schools that didn't make the list.

Some schools are Nationally Accredited, some have multiple campuses (like WGU - I wonder why they didn't merge them all into one campus like they did for WGU). The numbers are skewed as they're just giving readers a glimpse of the numbers at many of the schools that offer online courses. It gives enough of a small picture or window to show what's happening with online education.

I think they should have a field for indicating an enrollment increase or decrease over the previous year (using arrows or something). Not a surprise but, it's not just the universities offering online courses, as many colleges are popping up with them as well. Further to that, I think they just did a "sample list" of schools that have 7,500 students or more taking online courses and not a long comprehensive one.
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