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Compare the States

By  Ben Myers and 
Sandhya Kambhampati
August 18, 2019

Explore the nine sortable tables below to discover how the states and the District of Columbia compare with each other and with the nation on demographics, state residents’ highest level of education, faculty pay, college enrollment, diversity, graduation rates, tuition costs, state aid, and much more.

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Explore the nine sortable tables below to discover how the states and the District of Columbia compare with each other and with the nation on demographics, state residents’ highest level of education, faculty pay, college enrollment, diversity, graduation rates, tuition costs, state aid, and much more.

  • Demographics
  • Faculty Pay: Public
  • Faculty Pay: Private
  • Enrollment by Sector
  • Enrollment by Gender, Race, Ethnicity
  • Graduation Rates
  • Students
  • Finance
  • Institutions

About the data

Data cover all degree-granting institutions in the United States that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid, unless otherwise specified. Data on state population, age distribution, educational attainment, the proportion of state residents who speak a language other than English at home, per capita income, and the poverty rate are from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017 American Community Survey. Racial categories include people of Hispanic origin, and the percentage of Hispanics is also given separately.

The projected change in new high-school graduates over the next decade is estimated for the period from 2019-20 to 2029-30. Data are from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

Overall enrollment, enrollment by race and ethnicity, and the number of institutions in each sector are from the U.S. Department of Education for the fall of 2017. Minority enrollment represents American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asians, blacks, Hispanics, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, and students of two or more races. Racial categories for enrollment exclude people of Hispanic ethnicity, who are shown separately and may be of any race. “Nonresident aliens” are natives of foreign countries who are studying in the United States on a temporary basis. Percentages may not add to 100 because students whose race was unknown were excluded.

Average pay of full-time professors is from the 2017-18 academic year, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education, and is adjusted to a standard nine-month work year. Medical-school faculty members are excluded. The number of degrees awarded is based on U.S. Department of Education data collected for the 2016-17 academic year. Professional degrees like medical and law degrees are included in the number of doctorates. Average tuition and fees cover undergraduate charges for 2017-18 and are weighted by full-time-equivalent undergraduate enrollment. Figures for public institutions represent charges to state residents. Six-year graduation rates are for first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who entered degree-granting four-year institutions in the fall of 2011 and graduated within six years. Those figures are also from the U.S. Department of Education.

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SAT scores are for 2018; figures are from the College Board. ACT scores are also for 2018. One-year change in state funds for higher-education operating expenses reflect the difference between 2017-18 and 2018-19; data are from the Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State University and the State Higher Education Executive Officers. Total state spending on student aid is for 2016-17; data are from the National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs.

A version of this article appeared in the August 23, 2019, issue.
We welcome your thoughts and questions about this article. Please email the editors or submit a letter for publication.
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