Almanac 2014: Students

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Kevin Mapp

Graduate students learn techniques in genomics at California State U.-Channel Islands, which was founded in 2002 and is the country’s fastest-growing public master’s institution.

College prices and student debt levels rose again this past year, fueling debate about the value of a degree, which many who enrolled did not achieve. In spite of multifaceted efforts to improve college completion, the nation’s six-year graduation rate hasn’t budged.

ARTICLE: Arguments for the Value of College, Even as Completion Lags

The Data

Enrollment

• Fastest-Growing Colleges, 2002-12
• Colleges With the Largest Enrollments, Fall 2012
• National Change in College Enrollment by Sector, Spring 2013 to Spring 2014
• Annual Decline in College Enrollment by Region, 2012 to 2013
• States That Drew the Most Out-of-State Freshmen, 2012

Degrees

• Number of Degrees Conferred, by Level, Discipline, and Sex, 2011-12
• Institutions That Granted the Most Bachelor’s Degrees in 2012
• Outcomes for First-Time College Students Who Enrolled in Fall 2007, 6 Years Later
• Change in Number of Degrees Conferred, by Level and Institution Type, 2001-2 to 2011-12 and 2010-11 to 2011-12
• Large Colleges With the Best 6-Year and 3-Year Graduation Rates, 2012
• Small Colleges With the Best 6-Year and 3-Year Graduation Rates, 2012
• Universities With the Highest Numbers of Doctorate Recipients, 2012

Characteristics

• A Profile of Freshmen at 4-Year Colleges, Fall 2013
• Time Seniors Spent on Schoolwork, by Field of Study, 2013
• National Student-Loan 2-Year Default Rates, 1991-2011
• Average Total Debt Levels of Bachelor’s Degree Recipients at Public 4-Year Colleges, 2001-2 to 2011-12
• Earnings Disparity Between Young People With and Without College Degrees, 1965-2013
• Pay for Liberal-Arts Graduates vs. Professional and Preprofessional Graduates, by Age Group, 2012
• Expected Full-Time Lifetime Earnings, by Education Level, Relative to High-School Graduates, 2011
• Characteristics of Recipients of Research Doctorates, 2012
• Doctorate Recipients With Graduate-School Debt, by Level of Debt, 2002-12

More Students Data, With News Coverage

• Highest and Lowest Returns to Associate-Degree Earners, by Institution
• Survey: Colleges’ Chosen Strategies to Make Up for Missed Enrollment or Tuition Targets
• Conflicting Analyses of Job Outcomes in 2 Stem Disciplines
• Prospects: Who Will Reach College Age in the Next 14 Years?
• Career Results for Social-Sciences and Humanities Ph.D.’s at Penn State
• Backgrounds and Beliefs of College Freshmen
• State-by-State Breakdown of Graduation Rates
• College Transfer Policies, State by State
• Computer-Science Degrees as a Share of All Bachelor’s Degrees Awarded, 1979-12
• Student-Debt Debate Is Stoked by Caveats About Data
• In Arizona State-Starbucks Scholarship Partnership, Who Picks Up the Tab?
• Changes in Cost of College Attendance, 2011-12 to 2013-14
• Are Poor Families Really Paying Half Their Income at Elite Colleges?
• Changes in Overseas vs. Stateside Status of U. of Maryland University College Students and Adjuncts
• Drop in Teacher-Education Enrollment at Nonprofit Universities, 2010- 12
• Top Fields for International Students in the U.S., 2008-12
• Average Tuition Discount Rises; Net Tuition Revenue Stays Flat
• Interactive Data: Changes in Spending on Student Services at 1,354 Institutions, 2001-2 to 2011-12,
• 6-Year College-Graduation Rates for Male Students, by Race or Ethnicity
• The Most-Complained-About Debt Collectors
• Tuition and Fees at 3,119 Institutions, 1998-99 Through 2014-15
• Drop in Applicants and First-Year Enrollment at Law Schools, 2004-13
• Higher-Education Sectors in Which Default Rates Are Really Dropping, 2009-11
• Graduation Rates at a Flagship and Other Campuses
• Time to Degree for Ph.D.'s Declines From 1987-2012, but Is It Enough?
• Changes in Enrollment in Education Programs at Nonprofit and For-Profit Institutions, 2004-12
• 2013-14 AAUP Faculty Salary Survey (PDF)
• Changes in Leadership and Students’ Religion at Catholic Colleges
• Colleges’ Successes and Shortfalls in Enrollment and Revenue, 2013-14 and 2014-15
• Underemployment Rates of College Graduates, 1990 to 2014
• Infographic: Why Colleges Don’t Want to Be Judged by Their Graduation Rates
• Sortable Table: Student Diversity at 4,725 Institutions, 2012
• Academic Advising of Athletes: By the Numbers
• Football Programs With the Biggest Swings in Graduation Rates
• Interactive Map: Change in Number of Students Earning College Degrees in 57 Regions, 2010-13
• NCAA Academic-Fraud Cases Since 1990
• Short-Term Certificates: On the Rise at 2-Year Colleges, 2000 and 2010
• Freshmen’s Assessment of Quality of Teaching, by Institutions’ Selectivity Level, 2014
• 6 Campuses and the Alcohol Surrounding Them
• How Well Colleges Prepare Teachers for Classroom Realities, 2006
• Percent Change in Enrollment From Previous Year for 14 Publicly Traded For-Profit Colleges, 2008-15
• Incidence of Rape Among College and Noncollege Women, 1997-2013
• Many Students Don’t Know What They’re Paying, or Borrowing, for College
• College Enrollments Drop for 3rd Straight Year
• Small Share of Students Graduate in 2 or 4 Years
• New Ph.D.'s With Firm Job Commitments, by Field, 1993-2013
• Most-Popular Majors Among Athletes at Selected Colleges
• Years to Recoup Cost of a Bachelor’s Degree, 1970-2013
• How College Enrollment Leaders View the State of Admissions and their Profession (PDF)
• Change in Percentage of Colleges Requiring Physical Education, 1939-2010
• Borrowers in Repayment Per 100 Graduates, by Sector
• What New Graduates Spend on Student Loans, in Percentage of Earnings for Each Year
• Outcomes of Complaints of Sexual Assault at Colleges
• Changes in Enrollment of In-State Freshmen and International Students at 69 Top Public Institutions, 2006-12
• Change in College Freshmen’s Life Goals, 1974-2014
• Top Producers of Fulbright Scholars and Students, 2014-15
• Colleges With the Highest Number of Online-Only Students, 2013
• How Washington U. Compares With Its Peers in Terms of Pell Grant Eligibility
• Difference in Scholarship Aid to Students Under New NCAA Rules at 65 Wealthiest NCAA Universities