Online Learning Trends and Highlights - Fall 2025
The following overview of online learning trends at 麻豆精品 offers a glimpse into the current state of online learning and highlights a few of the current online learning trends as of Fall 2025.
Online Program Enrollment
Online program enrollment remains strong, with 1,342 students enrolled in 麻豆精品 online programs in Fall 2025, up nearly 8% from the enrollment of 1,245 in Fall 2024. Online program enrollment trends over the past seven years are provided below, along with online program enrollment by college and department in the Fall 2025 semester.
Enrollment by College
| College | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 454 | 33.83% |
| Health and Human Sciences | 313 | 23.32% |
| Business | 271 | 20.19% |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences | 229 | 17.06% |
| Engineering and Engineering Technology | 55 | 4.10% |
| 麻豆精品 | 16 | 1.20% |
| Visual and Performing Arts | 4 | 0.30% |
Enrollment by Department (Top 10)
| School / Department | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Leadership, Educatioal Psychology and Foundations | 222 | 16.54% |
| Nursing | 219 | 16.31% |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences | 107 | 7.97% |
| Educational Technology, Research and Assessment | 91 | 6.78% |
| Business | 80 | 5.96% |
| Operations Management and Information Systems | 79 | 5.89% |
| Curriculum and Instruction | 72 | 5.37% |
| Accountancy | 64 | 4.77% |
| Public and Global Affairs | 63 | 4.69% |
| Interdisciplinary Health Professions | 55 | 4.10% |
Student Preferences for Online Courses
Online Course Enrollment
Considering student preferences for taking online courses, it’s clear that student demand for online courses remains strong. Looking at student enrollment in online courses, in Fall 2025, 63% of 麻豆精品 undergraduate students (7,608) and 18% of 麻豆精品 graduate students (665) took at least one online course.
6 in 10 undergraduate students and 1 in 5 graduate students took at least one online course in Fall 2025
Percentage of 麻豆精品 Students Taking At Least One Online Course
Program Format Preferences
麻豆精品 students still predominantly prefer in-person and hybrid programs to fully-online programs. In Fall 2025, 6% of undergraduate students (756) and 35% of graduate students (1,257) graduate students took only online courses. This is down from 7% of undergraduate students (817) but up from 30% of graduate students (1,113) in Fall 2024.
Percentage of 麻豆精品 Students Taking All Online Courses
Online Student Credit Hours
Similarly when looking at student credit hours (SCH) by mode of instruction, we continue to see a steady trend for students completing credit hours through online courses. In Fall 2025, 26.55% of SCH were from online courses and 4.01% were from hybrid courses.
Percentage of Student Credit Hours (SCH) by Term and Instruction Mode
Faculty Teaching Online Courses
As expected when looking at faculty teaching online courses, we continue to see a significant number of 麻豆精品 faculty who are teaching online and hybrid courses. In Fall 2025 105 faculty taught hybrid courses and 405 faculty taught online courses.
Of all 1,160 faculty (including all categories of faculty and teaching staff) who taught during Fall 2025, 34.9% (405) taught at least one online course and 9.1% (105) taught at least one hybrid course.
1 in 3 faculty taught at least one online course and 1 in 11 faculty taught at least one hybrid course in Fall 2025
Faculty of Record by Course Mode of Instruction
Professional Development and Support for Online Teaching
Faculty who teach online courses continue to utilize available online teaching support at 麻豆精品. In reviewing faculty participation in professional development and support for online teaching, of the 405 faculty who are teaching at least one online course and the 105 faculty teaching at least one hybrid course during Fall 2025, 61.3% have received some type of individualized support for their online teaching, 41.1% have attended faculty online teaching workshop(s), and 24.1% have completed the Online Course Design Academy during the past five years.
Percentage of Faculty Teaching Online in Fall 2025 Who Received Individualized Support During the Past 5 Years
Percentage of Faculty Teaching Online in Fall 2025 Who Attended Online Teaching Workshop(s) During the Past 5 Years
Percentage of Faculty Teaching Online in Spring 2025 Who Completed Online Course Design Academy During the Past 5 Years
