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Digest of Education Statistics: 2006
Digest of Education Statistics: 2006

NCES 2007-017
July 2007

List of Figures


Chapter 1. All Levels of Education

Figure 1.The structure of education in the United States
Figure 2.Enrollment, total expenditures in constant dollars, and expenditures as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP), by level of education: 1960–61 through 2004–05
Figure 3.Percentage of persons 25 years old and over, by highest level of educational attainment: 1940 through 2006
Figure 4.Percentage of persons 25 through 29 years old, by highest level of educational attainment: 1940 through 2006
Figure 5.Highest level of education attained by persons 25 years old and over: March 2006

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Chapter 2. Elementary and Secondary Education

Figure 6.Enrollment, number of teachers, pupil/teacher ratio, and expenditures in public schools: 1960–61 through 2004–05
Figure 7.Total and full-day preprimary enrollment of 3- to 5-year-olds: October 1970 through October 2005
Figure 8.Percentage change in public elementary and secondary enrollment, by state: Fall 1999 to fall 2004
Figure 9.Percentage of revenue for public elementary and secondary schools, by source of funds: 1970–71 through 2003–04
Figure 10.Current expenditure per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools: 1970–71 through 2003–04

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Chapter 3. Postsecondary Education

Figure 11.Enrollment, degrees conferred, and expenditures in degree-granting institutions: 1960–61 through 2004–05
Figure 12.Percentage change in total enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by state: Fall 2000 through fall 2005
Figure 13.Enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by age: Fall 1970 through fall 2015
Figure 14.Full-time-equivalent (FTE) students per staff member in public and private degree-granting institutions: 1976 and 2005
Figure 15.Trends in bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions in selected fields of study: 1994–95, 1999–2000, and 2004–05
Figure 16.Sources of total revenue of public degree-granting institutions: 2003–04
Figure 17.Sources of total revenue of private not-for-profit degree-granting institutions: 2003–04

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Chapter 4. Federal Programs for Education and Related Activities

Figure 18.Federal on-budget funds for education, by level or other educational purpose: Selected years, 1965 through 2006
Figure 19.Percentage of federal on-budget funds for education, by agency: Fiscal year 2006
Figure 20.Department of Education outlays, by type of recipient: Fiscal year 2006

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Chapter 5. Outcomes of Education

Figure 21.Labor force participation rate of persons 20 to 64 years old, by age group and highest level of education: 2005
Figure 22.Unemployment rates of persons 25 years old and over, by highest level of education: 2005
Figure 23.Labor force status of 2004–05 high school dropouts and completers not enrolled in college: October 2005
Figure 24.Median annual income of persons 25 years old and over, by highest level of education and sex: 2005
Figure 25.Salaries of recent bachelor's degree recipients 1 year after graduation, by field: 1991, 1994, and 2001

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Chapter 6. International Comparisons of Education

Figure 26.Percentage change in enrollment, by selected areas of the world and level of education: 1990 to 2004
Figure 27.Bachelor's degree recipients as a percentage of the population of the typical ages of graduation, by country: 2004
Figure 28.Public direct expenditures for education as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP), by country: 2003

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Chapter 7. Libraries and Educational Technology

Figure 29.Percentage of all public schools and instructional rooms with internet access: Fall 1994 through fall 2003

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