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How Much Are Private-College Presidents Paid?
Base pay, bonuses, and benefits for 312 chief executives at private colleges with expenditures of $100 million or more in 2021.
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How Much Are Public-College Presidents Paid?
Base pay, bonuses, and benefits for 195 chief executives at public doctoral universities and systems in 2022.
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Where Graduate Enrollments Are Booming
Throughout the many reports of declining enrollment during the pandemic, graduate education has been an unexpected bright spot. -
Who Does Your College Think Its Peers Are?
The Chronicle compiled the peer institutions for nearly 1,500 institutions from the 2021-22 year. -
Students Are Poised to Protest. Are Colleges Prepared?
Campus protests and polarization were seen as the lowest-priority issue among senior administrators in a new survey. -
As America Grows More Diverse, a State’s Colleges Follow Suit
Maryland was one of two states whose population turned majority nonwhite over the past decade. -
Where Research Spending Keeps Going Up
Twenty-one institutions spent at least $1 billion on research and development in 2020, according to a new federal report. -
Here’s How Rising Inflation Is Affecting Higher Ed
It’s eaten into endowment gains, increases in state support, and average faculty salaries.
MULTI-YEAR DATA TRENDS
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What Are the Demographics of Noninstructional Staff at Colleges?
Statistical snapshots of the gender, race, and ethnicity of all noninstructional college staff, including office and administrative support, business and financial operations, maintenance, and other positions in key sectors in 2018 and 2021. -
How Much Do Noninstructional Employees Earn?
Here’s how wages have changed over the past five years for those who work in business and financial operations, as librarians, curators, archivists, and other positions. -
What Is the Share of Minority Instructors at Colleges With the Most Full-Time Faculty Members?
A look at changes in average annual percentages of full-time instructors who were members of specific racial and ethnic groups in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, by degree-granting college. -
Which Types of Colleges Have the Most Undergraduates With Disabilities?
A growing number of colleges have at least 10 percent of students reporting a disability. -
State Support for Public Colleges, 2002-21
Explore how state and federal support has declined as a share of overall revenue — putting a greater burden on students — at more than 1,500 public colleges and universities between 2002 and 2021. -
Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Full-Time Faculty Members at More Than 3,300 Institutions
This sortable table shows the percentages of full-time faculty members who were members of specific racial and ethnic groups at degree-granting colleges and universities. -
How Diverse Are Student Populations on College Campuses in the U.S.?
Explore new data on the race, ethnicity, and gender of students at more than 3,800 colleges and universities. -
Which Colleges Have Conferred the Most Bachelor’s Degrees?
Statistical snapshots of bachelor’s degrees conferred by colleges in 32 disciplines over time, from 2018 to 2021. -
Which College Groups Have the Highest Enrollment?
Statistical snapshots of bachelor’s degrees conferred by colleges in 32 disciplines over time, from 2018 to 2020. -
How Diverse Are College Staff Members?
Statistical snapshots of minority employees, from 2018 to 2021.
MORE DATA STORIES
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Here Are 5 Things to Know About the Class of 2024
A data snapshot highlights trends in graduates’ wages and employment, among other factors. -
The Trends Report 2024
Our annual investigation into the most consequential developments in higher education. -
2021’s Top-Paid Private-College President Received a Record Payout
Amy Gutmann earned nearly $23 million in 2021, her last full year as president of the University of Pennsylvania, according to federal tax filings. -
College Endowments Reverse Their Once-Flagging Returns
The average one-year gain for endowments in the 2023 fiscal year was 7.7 percent. -
Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars and Students, 2023-24
Bowdoin College was the top producer of students among baccalaureate institutions for the fourth year in a row. -
Colleges Were Already Bracing for an ‘Enrollment Cliff.’ Now There Might Be a Second One.
The Census had once forecast the contingent of 18-year-olds rebounding in the middle of the next decade. Its latest projections show the population shrinking further. -
This Is Where New Ph.D.s Find Jobs
Increasingly, those jobs are in industry. -
Do You Know What the Public Really Thinks of College?
Last summer The Chronicle polled the population about how colleges serve students and society, and more than 1,000 American adults answered. In this quiz, see if you can guess what they said. -
Flagships Are Enrolling More and More Freshmen From Out of State
Forty-five of the top public universities have seen a drop in their share of homegrown first-year students over the past two decades, a Chronicle analysis of new federal data shows. -
The Hidden Cyber Vulnerabilities on Campus
ON DEMAND: Cybersecurity experts explore a new generation of threats beyond ransomware and phishing scams. With Support From HP. Watch on demand.