Instruction for Hire: A Survey of the Private Tutoring Market

Authors: Outsell Client Services, Client Services; Eduventures, Inc.

Consumer-oriented, private tutoring is one of the most active education-related markets today, with 1.9 million students combining to create a market worth $2.2 billion in the 2005-06 school year. To better understand the dynamics of this market, Eduventures conducted a research study based on a nationwide survey of parents whose children participated in private tutoring programs. With this report, Eduventures identifies the private tutoring market's unique characteristics, trends, challenges, and drivers, and highlights factors that may help lead tutoring providers to success.