As higher education institutions continue to integrate online education into their curricula, different cultural perspectives on the value of online versus face-to-face education will undoubtedly impact continued proliferation. Currently, some cultures are more accepting of online (Zhu et al., 2009; Lin et al., 2010), while others believe online education is inferior to traditional education (Asunka, 2008). Research on this topic has accelerated in the last five years and primarily consists of cross-cultural comparisons. While research on student perceptions can be divided into 2 streams: student and program characteristics, the purpose of this study is to review the current literature with respect to student characteristics and offer suggested future directions for research. Perceptions are explored with respect to student characteristics of age, major/level, gender, previous online experience and student perceptions. The current literature has implications for today’s administrators and instructors and offers researchers several avenues for continued research.