
| 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 |
| 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 |