Note: Information provided in this article is obtained from the project 'DataMaster -IPEDS'. Detail of the project can be found in Youtube, and EdPond articles.
Using Panels provided in this tool/article, readers can locate online courses( program) offered by the public colleges of the United States. The project is hosted at the Tableau Public. For online programs offered by the private colleges of the United States, please see this article.
Through the years, based on US Education Department's IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education System) survey, the per-cent of students involved in distance classes have increased in almost all sectors of 2-year and 4-year colleges. The recent trend from year 2012 to 2016 can be visualized in my previous article:
"IPEDS College Data - Online/Distance Education Enrollment Trend".
Even though not directly related, public institutions in the United States also provide opportunities for students to obtain degrees through distance education 'completely'. Based on IPEDS definition, a 'Distance Education Program' is a program for which all the required coursework for program completion is able to be completed via distance education courses, in which the instructional content is delivered exclusively via distance education. IPEDS' definition for 'Distance Education Course' do reserve the possibilities that students maybe asked to physically participate in some activities like testing, orientation, or academic support services. This can mean that, in reality, some of the degrees listed in this articles may not be completely feasible remotely.
Anyway, it is the intention of this article to provide a list of disciplines and colleges that were reported to IPEDS as 'Distance Education Program'. Students are cautioned to check the details with institutions before committed to work toward the degrees.
Given all the above, let's now look at the overall picture of the 'Distance Education Program' offered by United States' public institutions.
Based on the IPEDS data, there are total 13,380 distance education programs offered by United States' public institutions, 4-year or 2-year. Of these programs, 7,264 are in the Associate or Certificate level. At the Bachelor-degree level, there are 2,105 programs. At higher degree levels, there are 945, 2,820, 241, and 5 programs respectively for post-bachelor, master, post-master, and doctor degree.
Information about these distance education programs can be examined via the following interactive panels.
Panel 1 - State Category
In panel 1, by selecting the state of interest and the degree level, user can exam the number of (distance education) programs offered in each discipline branch, depicted by the two-digit CIP (Classification of Instructional Program) code. By selecting all levels and all states, it can be observed that most programs are offered at the category of CIP 52, the Business, followed by CIP 51, the Health, and CIP 13, the Education branch. Summing over all states, at the Associate and Certificate level, the CIP 11, the Computer, ranked 3rd instead of CIP 13, the Education. At the bachelor level, CIP 24, the Libral Art, comes before CIP 13, and ranked as the 3rd. At the post bachelor and master level, CIP 13 is way ahead of Business (CIP 52) and Health (CIP 51), where they are of similar magnitude and traded each other with levels. For the doctor level, there are only 3 CIPs: 51, 13, and 44 (social services).
The state summary in Panel 1 is good if you are interested in in-state degrees. However, an online program being an online program is the freedom to enrolled from anywhere. In this case, searching from the program of interested maybe the way to go. Panel 2 shows exactly that.
Panel 2 - Find States
In Panel 2, reader can select the degree level:
Assoicate and Certificates (DeCrtAssct)
Bachelor (DeBchlr)
Post Bachelor Certificates (DePstBchlr)
Master (DeMstr)
Post Master Certificates (DePstMstr)
Doctor (DeDctr)
, the two-digit cip category, and,
then, the cip program title. This allows reader to see from which states the selected programs
are available. With this information, reader can continue to find out which
college/institution offering the particular program.
With this above panel, reader can find specific programs offered at the 6-digit CIP level - example are the Accounting training in the Business field (CIP 52).
Panel 4 - Find college
With Panel 4, reader can narrow their selection to the desired programs and the colleges that offered the programs.
Panel 5 - Overview Table
Panel 5 allows readers to compare program offered by each state. By selecting the desired states, readers can view program offerings side by side. For policy makers and higher education leaders, these data can be important in making decisions on what program to provide for the benefits of the society.
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