| ADA | average daily attendance | ||
| BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics | ||
| CCD | Common Core of Data | ||
| CPI | Consumer Price Index | ||
| EDMOD | Education Forecasting Model | ||
| FTE | full-time-equivalent | ||
| IPEDS | Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System | ||
| MAPE | mean absolute percentage error | ||
| NCES | National Center for Education Statistics |