Trevor Mahoney for Scholarship Institute

The growth of online college enrollment in the US

Spurred by the pandemic and a greater demand for flexibility, online higher education programs have begun to evolve from niche to mainstream in 2025. These fully online enrollment programs, now representing a sizable share of the U.S. education market, are reshaping who enrolls, the studies that are focused on, and how traditional college campuses operate.

Through aggregated data across sources including Statista, the National Center for Education Statistics, and other market research organizations, Scholarship Institute explored the ins and outs of online enrollment, and how this once regarded backup option is now paving the way for future generations of learners.

The online higher education m

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