2024 Online Learning Statistics - Ilana Hamilton, Forbes
- About 10 million college students take distance education courses.1
- Approximately 54% of college students took distance education courses in fall 2022, down from 75% in fall 2020. 1,2
- Primarily online colleges enroll around 1.1 million students.3
- Black students make up 23.3% of students at primarily online colleges, versus just 12.5% of all college students.3
- Out-of-state tuition rates are significantly cheaper at fully online public colleges than other public colleges.4
- The e-learning market is projected to grow by 20.5% from 2022–30.5
