Getty Images; photo collage NPR Emma Bittner considered getting a master’s degree in public health at a university near her home in Austin, Texas. But the in-person program cost tens of thousands of ...

Roughly 28% of all students in higher education – undergraduate and graduate – are enrolled exclusively in distance education ...

This year is the first time that more U.S. college students will learn entirely online compared to being fully in-person. And research shows most online programs cost as much or more than in-person.

For more than 15 years, a group of companies known as Online Program Management providers, or OPMs, have been helping colleges build online degree programs. And most of them have relied on an unusual ...

Online education has transformed the way students pursue degrees, offering flexibility, accessibility, and a wide range of academic programs. Whether you’re balancing work, family, or personal ...

Ricardo Alcaraz is taking three of his five courses online this semester at Santa Ana College: an anthropology class, business calculus and business law. It’s a course schedule that reflects a new ...

College degrees cost more than ever, but education insiders note that online programs could erase the need for students to rack up six figures of loan debt for tuition and room and board on campuses.