Insights into Global Demand for Online EducationDemand for Online and Distance Education is on the rise globally. With increasing competition in national markets, and tightened regulations, universities are increasingly looking for the right way to capitalize on this trend. While some universities have �gured out how to successfully market their online programmes to international students, others are still looking for their way in – while missing out on a big and further growing market.

GENDER

INTEREST PER CONTINENT

25%

2%

13%

45%

10%

TOP 15 COUNTRIES

15,1% 8,6 %

DISCIPLINE BREAKDOWN

6,0 % 4,7 %

KEY FIGURES STUDYPORTALS

3.3 MVisitors per month acrossall StudyPortals portals

300+Universities listing their online programmes

10 %Of students are opento Distance Learning

EDUCATION LEVEL OF PROSPECTS

Highschool PhDBachelor Master

9%

AVERAGE TIME SPENT SEARCHING

3.5 minutes

AGE DISTRIBUTION

%

GROWTH OF INTEREST

Aug-

12

Oct-1

2

Dec-1

2

Feb-

13

Apr-1

3

Jun-

13

Aug-

13

Oct-1

3

Dec-1

3

0

50

100

150

200

250

Thou

sand

s of v

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Jan-1

4

3,9 %

Business & Economics

Engineering & Technology

Law

Social Sciences

Applied Sciences

Life Sciences, Medicine & Health

Environmental Sciences

Natural Sciences

Humanities & Art

United Kingdom United States India Germany Unknown

2,6 % 2,4 % 2,1 % 2,0 %

1,7 %

Canada Nigeria Italy Pakistan

Netherlands

1,5 % 1,4 % 1,4 % 1,4 %

Ireland Spain France Australia

3,2 %

Greece

69% 19% 2%

48% 52%

-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50+

TIME UNTIL ENROLMENT

PhDBachelor Master

PROGRAMMES OFFERED

GLOBAL DEMAND

0-6 Months6-12 Months1-2 years2+ years

0%

20%

40%

By showcasing user data from DistanceLearningPortal.com, the world’s premier information portal on online and distance education, this infographic seeks to bring light into this global darkness – and thus helping universities to better understand the actual demand for online education on a global level. This is a �rst step to empower universities to base their marketing decisions on hard facts instead of popular beliefs.

© StudyPortals 2013 - Statistics based on the 2 Million visits received on DistanceLearningPortal.com in 2013

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