Overview

• The 2024 higher-education census reports 5.1 million distance learners versus 5.0 million in person, with EAD reaching 66.8% of enrollments.
• Total enrollment hit 10.2 million in 2024, up 2.5% from 2023, and 80% of students were in private institutions.
• New entrants in EAD reached 3.3 million versus 1.6 million in face-to-face programs, as online intake rose 360% since 2014 while in-person fell 30.2%.
• Institutions offered 23.6 million seats in 2024, including more than 18.5 million in EAD, as the number of distance courses grew to 11,297 with technological programs driving 47% of new EAD openings.
• The 2025 decree ends 100% online undergraduate degrees, requires at least 20% in-person or live synchronous activity, reserves Medicine, Law, Dentistry, Nursing and Psychology for in-person delivery, and lowers the remote share in on-campus courses to 30%.