This statistic presents the percentage of students in the United States taking distance learning courses from 2012 to 2018. During the last measured year, 16.6 percent of higher education students were taking exclusively distance learning courses. Overall, 35.3 percent of students took at least one distance education course.
Percentage of students in the United States taking distance learning courses from 2012 to 2018
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Institute of Education Sciences. (December 31, 2019). Percentage of students in the United States taking distance learning courses from 2012 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 21, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/944245/student-distance-learning-enrollment-usa/
Institute of Education Sciences. "Percentage of students in the United States taking distance learning courses from 2012 to 2018." Chart. December 31, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 21, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/944245/student-distance-learning-enrollment-usa/
Institute of Education Sciences. (2019). Percentage of students in the United States taking distance learning courses from 2012 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 21, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/944245/student-distance-learning-enrollment-usa/
Institute of Education Sciences. "Percentage of Students in The United States Taking Distance Learning Courses from 2012 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/944245/student-distance-learning-enrollment-usa/
Institute of Education Sciences, Percentage of students in the United States taking distance learning courses from 2012 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/944245/student-distance-learning-enrollment-usa/ (last visited January 21, 2021)