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August 18, 2014

Finance

Don Hamerman

Students take a class outside at Sarah Lawrence College, the nation’s most expensive private four-year institution. In 2013-14, its sticker price was $63,200.

State spending rose for the first time in four years, tuition increased only modestly, and endowment returns and donations came in at generous levels. The growth in sticker prices at private colleges occurred amid a period of steep discounting of tuition at those institutions around the country.

ARTICLE: Aided by Donors, Colleges Continue Their Slow Recovery

The Data

Cost

• Most-Expensive Private and Public 4-Year Institutions, 1998-99 to 2013-14
• Published and Net Tuition Fees, by Sector, 1993-94 to 2013-14
• State vs. Student Share of Per-Student Cost for Public Higher Education
• Spending by University Research Libraries, 2012-13

Resources

• Universities Reporting the Most Spending on Research and Development, All Fields, FY 2012
• Changes in State Spending on Higher Education, FY 2009-14
• Largest College Endowments, 2013
• Colleges That Raised the Most in Private Donations, by Sector, FY 2013
• Largest Private Gifts to Higher Education, 2013-14
• 48-Year List of Major Private Gifts to Higher Education, 1967-2014
• Average Annual Endowment Returns, FY 2003-13
• Changes in Research-and-Development Spending at Colleges, by Field, FY 2011-12
• Colleges’ Revenue and Expenditures, FY 2012

More Finance Data, With News Coverage

• Survey: Colleges’ Chosen Strategies to Make Up for Missed Enrollment or Tuition Targets
• Projections of Stagnating or Falling Net-Tuition Revenue, FY 2013 and 2014
• Projected Change in Federal Spending on Scientific Research Through 2021
• Average Tuition Increase by College Sector and Presence on Education Department’s High-Tuition List, 2011-12 to 2012-13
• 25 Years of Declining State Support for Public Colleges
• College Financial-Responsibility Scores, FY 2012
• Study: Projected Costs to Selected States of Shutdown of For-Profit Colleges
• Student-Debt Debate Is Stoked by Caveats About Data
• In Arizona State-Starbucks Scholarship Partnership, Who Picks Up the Tab?
• Average Tuition Discount Rises; Net Tuition Revenue Stays Flat
• Drop in Teacher-Education Enrollment at Nonprofit Universities, 2010-12
• Database: Explore All of Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Grants Since 2000
• Changes in Cost of College Attendance, 2011-12 to 2013-14
• Interactive Data: Changes in Spending on Student Services at 1,354 Institutions, 2001-2 to 2011-12,
• Are Poor Families Really Paying Half Their Income at Elite Colleges?
• Tuition and Fees at 3,119 Institutions, 1998-99 Through 2014-15
• Growth of a For-Profit Giant, 1976-2014
• Infographic: Why Colleges Don’t Want to Be Judged by Their Graduation Rates
• College Enrollments Drop for 3rd Straight Year
• Executive Compensation at Private Colleges, 2012
• New Start-Ups per Year Through Universities, 1994-2012; MIT’s Gross Licensing Revenue, 1991-2012
• Impact of One Federal Regulation on 2 Campuses, by the Numbers
• Percentage Change in State Support for Higher Education, by State, 2014-15
• Borrowers in Repayment Per 100 Graduates, by Sector
• What New Graduates Spend on Student Loans, in Percentage of Earnings for Each Year
• Endowment Returns, 2001-14
• Obama’s NIH Request vs. Actual Allocation, 2010-16
• How Washington U. Compares With Its Peers in Terms of Pell Grant Eligibility
• The High Cost of Compliance to Clery Act on One Campus
• How 1,880 Private Colleges Scored on the Government’s Financial-Responsibility Test, 2012 and 13
• Difference in Scholarship Aid to Students Under New NCAA Rules at 65 Wealthiest NCAA Universities
• Average Net Price of Flagship Universities, Relative to Median Family Incomes, by State, 2012-13
• Comparison of State and Local Support With Net Tuition, 1980-2014
• Overlap Among Colleges Failing 3 Accountability Measures
• Institutions on the Education Department’s Watchlist