Education Reference Desk Reveals 2020's Most Affordable Accredited Online Colleges
Cost has been the top factor in the online college student's decision making process since 2015, according to an Education Dynamics report, with 60% of undergraduates selecting affordability as a top three factor. 46% of graduate students did the same.
Education Reference Desk Announces 2019's Best Online Colleges in California
The number of students taking online classes topped 6 million in fall 2016, according to a 2018 report from Babson Survey Research Group, with around 3 million of those learners exclusively taking distance education classes in either graduate and undergraduate programs. The report, based on U.S. Department of Education data, indicates that the number of students in distance education courses increased by 5.6 percent over the previous year.