Availability of On-Campus Day Care for Students’ Children, by Sector, 2017

For-profit colleges, which enroll a higher percentage of parents than any other sector, were the least likely to report having on-campus day-care centers for students’ children in 2017. More than half of four-year public colleges and 43 percent of two-year public colleges reported having such facilities.

Note: The existence of day care for students’ children on a particular campus was based on institutions’ reports to the U.S. Department of Education. Data on the capacity of those facilities, and how close they came to meeting students’ needs, was not collected. The percentages of undergraduates in each sector who are parents are estimates based on student financial-aid surveys. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to Ruth Hammond.

Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data for number of day cares; Institute for Women’s Policy Research analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education’s 2015-16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study for share of parents Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data

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