Back-to-School: Then and Now

BACK TO SCHOOL: THEN AND NOW College Students and Gadgets Through the Years Number of photos students can take $13B 12 5,722 70% of students use laptops or tablets to take notes versus pen and paper Student spend on electronics in 2009 1960 2012 Photo storage capacity : Nearly one in five : students have received materials from their professor via Facebook 1984 1 computer for every 92 students 2008 1 computer for every 8 students f Percentage of students bringing laptops to class compared to text books a 51% 39% e-text book sales 1996 First fully online university launched 93% of students search online than go to the library 2005 $5M 2012 2006 96% of the largest institutions have some online offering Number of college students in the US that will take some or all of their classes online Average spend on a typical student $215 $10,615 $47M 1951 2011 2012 2017 Protect your bubble com Gadget Insurance 12M 22M