The Profession
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Tenure and Other Variations
Non-tenure-track faculty members may be doing much more of the instruction, but colleges are still holding onto their tenure systems. -
Tenure Status & Adjuncts
Faculty members deal with varied work situations, from being tenured to getting by on less-than-annual contracts. Here is an overview of their standing. -
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Administrator & Staff Pay
Take a look at what colleges’ 1.5 million full-time non-faculty members earn, on average, along with the pay for certain senior administrators. -
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Chief Executives
See how much chief executives earned, on average, and which ones received compensation of more than $2 million or even $4 million in one year. -
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Faculty Pay
Women’s salaries come closest to men’s at colleges where pay is moderate. See what professors are earning at all types of institutions.
Students
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The Strategies Behind Rapid Enrollment Growth
Some colleges that have expanded quickly are spending millions on advertising to recruit online students. -
Enrollment
While many colleges have shrunk, others have turned into mega-universities. See how enrollment varies among institutions. -
Aid & Debt
Americans owe close to $1.5 trillion in student-loan debt. We examine how students pay for college and how well they do in repaying their loans. -
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Online Learning
The proliferation of online courses has affected all sectors of higher education and has gotten many more students to take courses from home. -
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Outcomes
One of colleges’ clear goals is to get students to graduate and go out into the workplace. How well students accomplish that varies. -
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Graduate Students
See a profile of today’s doctorate recipients, the change in their numbers over time, and a list of the universities that awarded the most doctorates.
Diversity
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Why Has Black-Student Enrollment Fallen?
Colleges look for ways to reverse an overall decline since 2010. -
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Gender, Race, & Ethnicity
Whites make up just 56 percent of students but 77 percent of instructional faculty members and managers. See our breakdowns by race and ethnicity. -
Diversity Indexes
How diverse are your college’s students, faculty members, and managers? Use our interactive tables to find out. -
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Changes in African-American Enrollment
Enrollment of black students has fallen by nearly 365,000 since 2010. Several tables analyze where the loss is occurring. -
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Age & Other Characteristics
Representation of veterans, older students, parents, students with disabilities, and students of varying socioeconomic status is covered here. -
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International
See which colleges enroll the most foreign students, what places they come from, and where American students study abroad.
Finance
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Getting the Price Just Right
To slash or not to slash, college officials wonder when their tuition pricing isn’t bringing the desired results. -
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Tuition & Fees
See which colleges charge the most, and how much tuition and tuition-discounting have risen over the years. -
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Endowments & Giving
More than 100 colleges have endowments worth more than $1 billion. Our tables list the wealthiest colleges and the ones raising the most money. -
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Revenue & Spending
Together American colleges took in more than $616 billion in the 2017 fiscal year, and spent more than $555 billion. See how those numbers break down.
States
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Coping in a Cash-Starved State System
Oklahoma’s colleges look for ways to make up for the shortcomings of students’ earlier education. -
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Compare the States
Explore data on more than 80 measures to see how your state is doing in relation to others on faculty pay, student aid, and more.