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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 ...

With a system-wide unification of online academic programs, Miami University has launched a new era of academic accessibility, affordability, and flexibility with its newly centralized online campus, ...

According to a recent study by the ed-tech company Instructure and research firm Hanover Research, about 80 percent of students and faculty say digital learning platforms and learning management ...

The cost of a college education has been under scrutiny amid crippling levels of student debt. That's also true in some cases for online degrees of dubious quality and outcomes. Special correspondent ...

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.

Valdosta State University has earned recognition on Newsweek’s prestigious 2026 list of America’s Top Online Colleges.