NCES collects transcript data from postsecondary institutions for various longitudinal studies, including the Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS) and Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) longitudinal studies.

Available Data

Data are currently available for all B&B studies up to B&B:17.

How do you get the data?

Public access through DataLab. Analyze data online using the tools in the NCES DataLab: https://nces.ed.gov/datalab.

Restricted-use data are available under restricted-use license. Find out more about how to obtain a restricted-use license here: https://nces.ed.gov/statprog/instruct.asp

Data Information and Issues

Additional information about data issues: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pets/datainfo.asp