Nick Perez is The Chronicle’s news data specialist.
Originally from Los Angeles, Nick has worked for Delaware Online, The Daily Journal in California, MSNBC, The Real Deal, The Sacramento Bee, the technology blog Motherboard, HuffPost, and Environmental Health News.
He has a bachelor’s degree in media studies from Azusa Pacific University and a master’s in journalism from the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.
Nick received the 2018 Online News Association/CNN Diversity Fellowship and has won top awards from the MDDC Press Association. He was also a judge for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ Ñ Awards.
Stories by this Author
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DataHow Diverse Are College Staff Members?
Statistical snapshots of minority employees, from 2018 to 2021. -
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How Enrollment Changed in States That Banned Race-Conscious Admissions
Ten states enacted bans on colleges considering race in their admissions policies. Here’s what happened next. -
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What Happened After the Great Online Pivot of 2020?
The share of students enrolled solely in distance education dropped after hitting a high point during the pandemic, but it’s still almost double what it was beforehand. -
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Whose Pandemic-Era Graduation Rates Beat, or Fell Below, the Average?
See which colleges’ trend lines in six-year graduation rates were well outside the national norm. -
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Student Outcomes
This table shows the percentage of bachelor’s and two-year-degree seeking students graduating, transferring, still enrolled, or no longer enrolled at more than 2,000 colleges, as of the 2020-21 academic year. -
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State Support for Public Colleges, 2002-20
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 2020.
