Staggering Numbers Reveal Students Love the Convenience of Attending College Online as Distance Learning Enrollment Sees Unprecedented Growth

According to Overview.com, a leading provider of online college and career information, the number of students enrolling in college courses online is expected to soar to 25 million by 2015. According to a 2011 survey conducted by the Sloan Consortium, currently over one-third of all students enrolled in postsecondary education are taking at least one class online. The 2011 survey reported that online enrollment growth was ten times higher than the overall rate of growth in higher education.

The meteoric growth in online enrollment compared to the traditional classroom shows that student are looking for a way to balance all aspects of their lives. They want to be able to get an education without disrupting work, family, and extracurricular activities. Attending college online is the only way to do that.

The impressive numbers show that online education is allowing people to matriculate to colleges that did not have access before due to location or other circumstances. Much of the explosion of online learning can be attributed to websites such as Overview.com that help students understand their degree and career options.

The President of Overview.com says, “Our college and career website was one of the first of its kind on the internet, and features in-depth information about online degrees. We also have career videos, salary information, and professional career advice.”

He went on to say, “Our site is particularly useful to parents with teens about to graduate from high school as well as professionals in their 20’s and 30’s wanting to upgrade their careers through more education. There are so many choices when it comes to online learning – we help students make an informed decision, which takes a lot of anxiety out of the process.”

The site has information about all of the fastest growing and most lucrative careers including nursing, accounting, information technology, and homeland security. Prospective students can learn about hundreds of degrees at all levels from certificate to masters.

Visitors to the site can search by degree, major, state, career, and more. Students and their parents can also request free reports from schools they are interested in attending. The site features one of the largest educational databases on the internet, and has helped thousands of students make the right educational and career choices for them.

Online Schools and Colleges? There are 45 career categories from which to choose. Get a list of online schools and colleges, and the individual courses and programs they offer in each category.

Campus Schools and Colleges? Select your state or enter your ZIP code to find one near you. Search the list (arranged by the distance from your ZIP code) for the courses and programs of interest.

Career Facts and Summaries? Select from over 85 government-based Career Summaries, including earnings, working conditions, required training and qualifications, and future job outlook.

New features and schools are added to the site on a continual basis. As online enrollment continues to rise and the choices of schools expand, having accurate career information and degree advice will become even more important.

###

www.overview.com

---