
| ADA | average daily attendance | |
| BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics | |
| CCD | Common Core of Data | |
| CIP | Classification of Instructional Programs | |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index | |
| CPS | Current Population Survey | |
| EAP | employees by assigned position | |
| EDEN | education data exchange network | |
| EDMOD | Education Forecasting Model | |
| FTE | full-time-equivalent | |
| HEGIS | Higher Education General Information Survey | |
| IPEDS | Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System | |
| LEA | local education agency | |
| MAPE | mean absolute percentage error | |
| NCES | National Center for Education Statistics | |
| NCHS | National Center for Health Statistics |