The 2015 drop in enrollment at for-profit distance learning universities could be due in large part to the trouble of big-name institutions like the University of Phoenix. The Federal Trade Commission announced it had opened an investigation into potentially unscrupulous marketing tactics in April of that year, while the for-profit giant reported massive drops in enrollment.
Increases in the number of students at non-profit institutions enrolled in one distance education class are likely due to the increase of availability of online options at these schools.
