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Distance learning programs gives opportunity for higher education to all who are otherwise not able to enrol on-campus due to various reasons but seeks knowledge. Being the heterogeneous group, distance learners’ may have different expectation from distance learning system which consequently may affect their success in distance learning. This study was planned to find out the influence of learners’ satisfaction in distance education in determining academic success of distance learners in undergraduate, post-graduate and professional courses. For the purpose, sample of 493 distance learners was selected from these three categories of courses and administered with Student Satisfaction Scale which had six dimensions. The findings of the study indicated that student satisfaction was a significant determinant of academic success of distance learners across the courses but different dimensions of student satisfaction were found to be related with their success in undergraduate, post-graduate and professional courses.

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