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Online Enrolments (millions)
Roughly one
quarter of all
enrolments
took at least
one course online
2008 online enrolments
by age
2008 online enrolments
by employment status
2.6 million
enrolled in
fully online
programs
Population:
318.5 million
Lower than high school:
High school graduate:
Some college, no degree:
Associate degree:
Bachelor’s degree:
Master’s degree:
> Master’s degree:
Unemployment rate:
12%
30%
19%
9%
19%
8%
3%
5%
(7.9 million)
Students:
21 million Students receiving
financial aid (scholarships,
loans & grants):
85%
Of the 30 fastest growing
occupations, more than half
require postsecondary education
President Obama challenged
every American to commit to
at least one year of Higher Education
65% of US HE institutions
participating in a study reported that
online learning was a critical part of
their long-term strategy (2011)
Average annual cost
of study:
$34,500
Which annually spend
around $500 billion
on educating students
($24,000 per student)
Many of which have
at least some online
provision of courses
or degrees
Degree awarding HE
institutions:
4,726
Online enrolment is most common
among undergraduates
60%
17%
23%
24 - 29
30 or older
23 or younger
45%
21%
part-time
employed
34%
full-time
employed
not
employed
Should the Open University
(re)enter the US market?
Online enrolments have been growing
substantially faster than overall HE enrolments