Data
How Much Are Public-College Presidents Paid?
Base pay, bonuses, and benefits for 196 chief executives at public doctoral universities and systems in 2021.
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How Much Are Private-College Presidents Paid?
Base pay, bonuses and benefits for 265 chief executives at private colleges with expenditures of $100-million or more.
Faculty and Noninstructional-Employee Pay
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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. -
How Much Has Noninstructional-Employee Pay Changed Over Time?
A sector-by-sector look at changes in average annual pay for workers in noninstructional jobs from 2012-13 to 2020-21.
STATE OF THE UNION
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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 more.
DATA POINTS
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Who Does Your College Think Its Peers Are?
The Chronicle compiled the peer institutions for nearly 1,500 institutions from the 2020-21 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. -
Where Graduate Enrollments Are Booming
Throughout the many reports of declining enrollment during the pandemic, graduate education has been an unexpected bright spot.
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 2020. -
How Much Do Noninstructional Employees Earn?
Here’s a sector-by-sector look at changes in average annual pay for workers in selected noninstructional jobs from 2016-17 to 2020-21. Jobs that fall into the category of noninstructional include business and financial operations; computer, engineering, and science; librarians, curators,… -
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, and 2020, by degree-granting college. -
Which Types of Colleges Have the Most Undergraduates With Disabilities?
A look at the percentage of undergraduates who reported a disability to the campus’s office for such services in the academic years 2016-17 to 2019-20, by sector. -
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. -
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 2020. -
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 2020.
MORE DATA STORIES
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Undergraduate Enrollment Stayed Steady This Spring. It’s Still 1 Million Students Below Pre-Pandemic Levels.
Community-college attendance, after seeing years of declines, is inching up. -
Share of Hispanic College Students Has Nearly Doubled Since 2005
The rise correlates with a rapidly growing number of Hispanic-serving institutions, which has tripled since the 1990s. -
Major Private Gifts to Higher Education
Gifts of $50 million or more, dating to 1967, are compiled in this list. -
The Number of U.S. Adults With Some College but No Degree Keeps Growing
More than 40 million students left higher ed before finishing. A new report has insight on which ones might be lured back. -
Turnover Is Bad Across Higher Ed. It’s Even Worse in Admissions.
Seven out of 10 admissions coordinators and counselors have been in their jobs for three years or less, according to a new survey. -
AI and Higher Ed: the Leadership Perspective
ON DEMAND: Artificial intelligence can create endless opportunities but also endless unknowns. What do higher-ed leaders predict about that future? Join us for a virtual forum to explore that question. With Support From Microsoft. Watch on demand. -
College Presidents Are Less Experienced Than Ever — and Eyeing the Exit
The tenure of higher-education leaders has shrunk again, a much-watched survey found. And they’re not leaving for the corner office elsewhere. -
Here Are the Parts of Their Job for Which Presidents Want More Training
At least 20 percent of campus chief executives want to learn more about nearly a dozen topics, according to the new American College President survey. -
Higher Ed’s Hiring Challenges Are Getting Worse
Sixty-two percent of college leaders say that staff and administrative hiring in the first three months of the year has been harder than it was in 2022, according to a new survey from The Chronicle. -
Enrollment at Community Colleges Is Stabilizing. The Growing Presence of High-School Students Is Why.
Nearly one in five community-college students in the fall of 2021 was a dual-enrollee.