By Ryan Lytle, US News
The number of college students enrolled in at least one online course increased for the ninth straight year, according to the Babson Survey Research Group’s annual survey of more than 2,500 colleges and universities—including both nonprofit and for-profit institutions. The study, “Going the Distance: Online Education in the United States, 2011,” reports that more than 6.1 million students took at least one online class during fall 2010—a 10.1 percent increase over the year before. An online class is defined in this survey as a course where more than 80 percent of all content is delivered online, and there are typically no face-to-face meetings with instructors. While the growth is substantial, it is the smallest increase since fall 2006 when enrollment in online courses increased 9.7 percent.
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