Since 2017, there has been a steady growth in online school attendance for students enrolled in post-secondary institutions. Each year, the spike in online platforms influences the market’s academic and employment strategies. Before the COVID-19 pandemic placed an even greater emphasis on innovating effective, distance technologies, two-year colleges and traditional brick-and-mortar universities were already expanding their curriculums to include virtual options. At their best, universities should not only prepare working professionals for the contemporary market, they should also resemble it in every function. As employees transition to online business for the long haul, so too, are educational institutions around the world.
2017 ONLINE EDUCATION STATISTICS: A total of 19.7 million students enrolled in courses at degree-granting postsecondary institutions.
2018 ONLINE EDUCATION STATISTICS Business
In 2018, the most popular undergraduate programs online were: Health & Medicine
19%
Of these, 6.6 million students enrolled in some form of distance education/online learning courses.
There were 5.5 million undergraduate students (3.2 million of these students or 19.5% took at least one but not all their courses online, while 2.2 million of these students or 13.3% enrolled in exclusively distance education/online courses)
23%
Social Sciences, Computers & IT Criminal Justice & Law Arts & Humanities
10
%
11%
13%
There were 1.4 million post-baccalaureate students (274,211 of these students or 9.1% took at least one but not all their courses online, while 868,708 of students or 28.9% enrolled in exclusively distance education/online courses.
2019 ONLINE EDUCATION STATISTICS: 46% of faculty members said they have taught an online course for credit compared to 39% in 2016
As of June 15, 4-year institutions are seeing an average of 6-8% decline in Fall 2020 enrollment
38% of faculty members used a blended or hybrid course format including both online learning and face-to-face instruction
As of April 2, 98% of institutions had moved most in-person classes online
39% of faculty members indicated they supported increased usage of technology in education, compared to 29% in 2017 60% of faculty members feel that academic dishonesty is more prevalent in online teaching vs. face-to-face settings compared to 39% who feel it occurs equally in both situations
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2020 ONLINE EDUCATION STATISTICS AND COVID-19
INNOVATION & TECH TODAY | 2020 YEAR-END ISSUE
95% of institutions suspended travel for faculty & staff 93% of institutions implemented work-remotely policies for staff 43% of institutions had invested in new online learning resources
