Data
How Much Are Private-College Presidents Paid?
Base pay, bonuses, and benefits for 312 chief executives at private colleges with expenditures of $100 million or more in 2021.
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How Much Are Public-College Presidents Paid?
Base pay, bonuses, and benefits for 195 chief executives at public doctoral universities and systems in 2022.
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Where Graduate Enrollments Are Booming
Throughout the many reports of declining enrollment during the pandemic, graduate education has been an unexpected bright spot. -
Who Does Your College Think Its Peers Are?
The Chronicle compiled the peer institutions for nearly 1,500 institutions from the 2022-23 year. -
Students Are Poised to Protest. Are Colleges Prepared?
Campus protests and polarization were seen as the lowest-priority issue among senior administrators in a new survey. -
As America Grows More Diverse, a State’s Colleges Follow Suit
Maryland was one of two states whose population turned majority nonwhite over the past decade. -
Where Research Spending Keeps Going Up
Twenty-one institutions spent at least $1 billion on research and development in 2020, according to a new federal report. -
Here’s How Rising Inflation Is Affecting Higher Ed
It’s eaten into endowment gains, increases in state support, and average faculty salaries.
MULTI-YEAR DATA TRENDS
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What Are the Demographics of Noninstructional Staff at Colleges?
Statistical snapshots of the gender, race, and ethnicity of all noninstructional college staff, including office and administrative support, business and financial operations, maintenance, and other positions in key sectors in 2018 and 2021. -
How Much Do Noninstructional Employees Earn?
Here’s how wages have changed over the past five years for those who work in business and financial operations, as librarians, curators, archivists, and other positions. -
What Is the Share of Minority Instructors at Colleges With the Most Full-Time Faculty Members?
A look at changes in average annual percentages of full-time instructors who were members of specific racial and ethnic groups in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, by degree-granting college. -
Which Types of Colleges Have the Most Undergraduates With Disabilities?
A growing number of colleges have at least 10 percent of students reporting a disability. -
State Support for Public Colleges, 2002-21
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 2021. -
Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Full-Time Faculty Members at More Than 3,300 Institutions
This sortable table shows the percentages of full-time faculty members who were members of specific racial and ethnic groups at degree-granting colleges and universities. -
How Diverse Are Student Populations on College Campuses in the U.S.?
Explore new data on the race, ethnicity, and gender of students at more than 3,800 colleges and universities. -
Which Colleges Have Conferred the Most Bachelor’s Degrees?
Statistical snapshots of bachelor’s degrees conferred by colleges in 32 disciplines over time, from 2018 to 2021. -
Which College Groups Have the Highest Enrollment?
Statistical snapshots of bachelor’s degrees conferred by colleges in 32 disciplines over time, from 2018 to 2020. -
How Diverse Are College Staff Members?
Statistical snapshots of minority employees, from 2018 to 2021.
MORE DATA STORIES
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College Closures Are in the News. But Higher Ed Added Thousands of Programs Over the Past 2 Decades.
Here is a closer look at how nearly 23,000 new academic programs were added from 2002 to 2022. -
State Support for Colleges Continues to Rise as Federal Aid and Tuition Revenue Fall, Report Shows
The annual State Higher Education Finance analysis says the squeeze could be explained by enrollment declines, tuition freezes, and the dwindling of stimulus dollars. -
We Looked at How Campus Staff Salaries Have Changed Over Time. Where Does Your College Land?
Our analysis offers a sector-by-sector look at changes in average annual pay for workers in noninstructional jobs from 2012-13 to 2022-23. -
How Much Has Faculty Pay Changed Over Time?
See the latest federal data on compensation for all ranks of the profession at thousands of American colleges. -
Oh, the Places They Went: Where More Than 5 Million American Students Went on Study Abroad This Century
More than 100 countries hosted at least one American student every year, but Britain, Italy, and Spain were perennial favorite destinations, according to an analysis of decades of data. -
Here Are 5 Things to Know About the Class of 2024
A data snapshot highlights trends in graduates’ wages and employment, among other factors. -
The Trends Report 2024
Our annual investigation into the most consequential developments in higher education. -
2021’s Top-Paid Private-College President Received a Record Payout
Amy Gutmann earned nearly $23 million in 2021, her last full year as president of the University of Pennsylvania, according to federal tax filings. -
College Endowments Reverse Their Once-Flagging Returns
The average one-year gain for endowments in the 2023 fiscal year was 7.7 percent. -
Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars and Students, 2023-24
Bowdoin College was the top producer of students among baccalaureate institutions for the fourth year in a row.