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Postsecondary Institutions

How many postsecondary institutions are eligible to award federal aid?

Admissions

How many applications for admission from first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students were received by postsecondary institutions in the fall?

What is the percent of first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate applicants to postsecondary institutions who were granted admission to enroll in the fall?

What is the percent of admitted first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who enrolled at postsecondary institutions in the fall?

Student Charges

What is the average amount of tuition and required fees for full-time undergraduate students at public postsecondary institutions operating on an academic year calendar system?

What is the average amount of tuition and required fees for full-time undergraduate students at private postsecondary institutions operating on an academic year calendar system?

What is the average amount of tuition and required fees for graduate students at public postsecondary institutions operating on an academic year calendar system?

What is the average amount of tuition and required fees for full-time graduate students at private postsecondary institutions operating on an academic year calendar system?

Student Enrollment

How many students enroll in postsecondary institutions annually?

How many full-time equivalent students enroll in postsecondary institutions annually?

How many students enroll in postsecondary institutions in the fall?

How many degree-seeking undergraduate students are enrolled in postsecondary institutions as transfer-in students in the fall?

How many degree-seeking undergraduate students are enrolled in postsecondary institutions for the first time in the fall?

How many students ages 25 and over enroll in postsecondary institutions in the fall?

What is the percent of students enrolled in distance education courses in postsecondary institutions in the fall?

Residence and Migration

How many degree-seeking undergraduate students are enrolled in postsecondary institutions for the first time in the fall?

How many degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled in postsecondary institutions within 12 months of graduating high school for the first time in the fall?

Degrees and Certificates Awarded

How many degrees/certificates are awarded at postsecondary institutions?

How many students are awarded degrees/certificates at postsecondary institutions?

Graduation and Retention Rates

What is the graduation rate within 150% of normal time at 4-year postsecondary institutions?

What is the graduation rate within 150% of normal time for bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking undergraduate students who received a bachelor’s or equivalent degree at 4-year postsecondary institutions?

What is the graduation rate within 150% of normal time at 2-year postsecondary institutions?

What is the graduation rate within 150% of normal time at less-than 2-year postsecondary institutions?

What is the full-time retention rate in postsecondary institutions?

What is the part-time retention rate in postsecondary institutions?

Outcome Measures

What is the percent of undergraduate degree/certificate-seeking entering students who completed an award within 8 years at degree-granting postsecondary institutions?

Financial Aid

How many full-time, first-time students were awarded financial aid?

What is the percent of full-time, first-time students awarded financial aid?

What is the average amount of grant or scholarship aid from the federal government, state/local government, or the institution awarded to full-time, first-time undergraduate students?

What is the average amount of student loans awarded to full-time, first-time undergraduate students?

What is the percent of undergraduate students awarded Pell grants?

What is the average amount of Pell grants awarded to undergraduate students?

What is the percent of undergraduate students awarded federal student loans?

What is the average amount of federal student loans awarded to undergraduate students?

Institutional Revenues

What are the revenues (in thousands) of public postsecondary institutions using GASB standards?

What are the revenues (in thousands) of private not-for-profit postsecondary institutions using FASB standards?

What are the revenues (in thousands) of private for-profit postsecondary institutions using FASB standards?

Institutional Expenses

What are the expenses (in thousands) of public postsecondary institutions using GASB standards?

What are the expenses (in thousands) of private not-for-profit postsecondary institutions using FASB standards?

What are the expenses (in thousands) of private for-profit postsecondary institutions using FASB standards?

What are the total core expenses per full-time equivalent enrollment of public and private not-for-profit postsecondary institutions?

Employees and Instructional Staff

How many people are employed by postsecondary institutions?

How many full-time instructional staff not in medical schools, are employed by degree-granting postsecondary institutions?

What is the adjusted 9-month average salary of full-time instructional staff not in medical schools at Title IV degree-granting institutions?

How many full-time instructional staff are employed by degree-granting postsecondary institutions?