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The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

What's New?

May 6National Indian Education Study Part I Available May 14 on the NAEP WebsiteThe National Indian Education Study (NIES), first conducted in 2005, is a two-part study designed to describe the condition of education for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students in the United States. (more info)

May 5 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Human Resources Data Quality Study The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability and quality of human resources (HR) data collected through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from postsecondary institutions in the academic year 2004-2005. (more info)

Apr 29An Exploratory Analysis of the Content and Availability of State Administrative Data on Teacher Compensation This report identifies state education agencies (SEAs) that maintain records on pay for public school teachers, the comparability of these records, and whether the data might be available to the research community. (more info)

Apr 29Teacher Career Choices: Timing of Teacher Careers Among 1992-93 Bachelor's Degree RecipientsThis report uses longitudinal data from the 1992-93 Baccalaureate and Beyond Study (B&B:93/03) to analyze the teaching career choices of 1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients. (more info)

What's New Archive

Data Snapshot

College enrollment hit a projected record level of 18.0 million in fall 2007. College enrollment is expected to continue setting new records throughout the fall 2008 through fall 2016 period.
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Did You Know?

In 2006, teachers holding master's degrees earned more than teachers who held a bachelor's degree. For example, the median base salary for teachers with a master's degree was $51,077 per annum in Colorado, while the median base salary for teachers with a bachelor's degree was $36,702.
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