U.S. National Center for Education Statistics

Common Core Data For Universe surveys, School District (LEA) The primary purposes of the Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey are:to provide a complete listing of every education agency in the United States responsible for providing free public elementary/secondary instruction or education support services;to provide basic information about all education agencies and the students for whose education the agencies are responsible.  

Common Core of Data: State Dropout and Completion Data The report draws on a wide array of surveys and administrative datasets to present statistics on high school dropout and completion rates at the state and national levels. The report includes estimates of the percentage of students who drop out in a given 12-month period (event dropout rates), the percentage of young people in a specified age range who are high school dropouts (status dropout rates), and the percentage of young people in a specified age range who hold high school credentials (status completion rates). In addition, the report includes data on the percentage of students who graduate with a regular diploma within four years of starting ninth grade (adjusted cohort graduation rates).  

Program Overview:The Common Core of Data (CCD) nonfiscal surveys consist of data submitted annually to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) by state education agencies (SEAs) in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the four US Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands), the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). In order to provide data comparable across states, NCES and representatives of SEAs have worked since the 1950s to develop and accept common data items and definitions. SEAs report school-, agency-, and state-level education data for the CCD through the US Department of Education's EDFacts collection system. CCD survey staff edits the data to produce the final data file, which NCES uses to construct general-purpose publications and specialized reports. The principal users of CCD nonfiscal data are the federal government; the education research community; state and local government officials, including school boards and LEA administrators; and the general public.   Guidelines for Missing, Not Applicable, and Suppression Code Values: For Numeric Data: -1 denotes missing, not available, or not reported data items. -2 denotes "not applicable" data items. -9 indicates suppressed data because it failed the multi-year edit.        

Education Demographics Indicators United States. The data for each year is a cumulative sum of the values from the past five years. For example, the data for 2021 includes the sum of the values from 2017 to 2021.

This dataset contains the number of first-time freshmen by the state of residence, along with data on the number who graduated from high school the previous year. Institutions with traditional academic year calendar systems (semester, quarter, trimester or 4-1-4) report their enrollment as of October 15 or the official fall reporting date of the institution. Institutions with calendar systems that differ by program or allow continuous enrollment report students that are enrolled at any time between August 1 and October 31. 

This dataset contains data on the total entering class, first-year retention rates and the student-to-faculty ratio. The total entering class is the number of incoming students (students enrolling for the first time in a postsecondary institution versus students transferring in from another postsecondary institution) at an institution. This measure permits the calculation of the graduation rate cohort as a proportion of the total entering student body. This dataset contains data on the total entering class, first-year retention rates and the student-to-faculty ratio. The total entering class is the number of incoming students (students enrolling for the first time in a postsecondary institution versus students transferring in from another postsecondary institution) at an institution. This measure permits the calculation of the graduation rate cohort as a proportion of the total entering student body. The first-year retention rate data measure the percentage of first-year students who had persisted in or completed their educational program a year later (began in fall 2016 and persisted or completed in fall 2017). Institutions can exclude the number of students from the first-time cohort who left the institution for any of the following reasons: died or were totally and permanently disabled; to serve in the armed forces (including those called to active duty); to serve with a foreign aid service of the Federal Government (e.g. Peace Corps); or to serve on official church missions. Beginning with the fall 2016 data, instititions can include first-time bachelor’s-seeking (or equivalent) study abroad students who were excluded from the first-time cohort  but who have re-enrolled at the institution their second year. Student-to-faculty ratio is defined as  total FTE students (not in graduate or professional programs) divided by total FTE instructional staff (not teaching in graduate or professional programs). All data on this file is applicable only to institutions with undergraduate students. Institutions with traditional academic year calendar systems (semester, quarter, trimester or  4-1-4) report their enrolment as of October 15 or the official fall reporting date of the institution (academic year). Institutions with calendar systems that differ by program or allow continuous enrolment report students that are enrolled at any time between August 1 and October 31 (program year).  Only academic year institutions report entering class data. Institutions with short programs (less-than-one-year) will not have data on retention.

This dataset contains institutional finance data for institutions that use accounting standards established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) . All private not-for-profit institutions are included in this file. There are some public institutions that use the FASB model and are also included. Finance data includes institutional revenues by source, expenditures by functional categories, expenditures by natural classification categories, endowments, and assets and liabilities. This information provides context for understanding the cost and resources of providing postsecondary education. It is used to calculate the contribution of postsecondary education to the gross national product. Beginning with fiscal year 2016 detailed expenditures by function and the natural classifications of fringe benefits, operations and maintenance of plant, depreciation and interest are no longer available.

This data file contains institutional finance data for private for-profit institutions that use accounting standards established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Finance data includes institutional revenues by source, expenditures by functional categories, expenditures by natural classification categories, and assets and liabilities. This information provides context for understanding the cost and resources of providing post secondary education. It is used to calculate the contribution of post secondary education to the gross national product. Beginning with fiscal year 2016 detailed expenditures by function and the natural classifications of fringe benefits, operations and maintenance of plant, depreciation and interest are no longer available.

This dataset contains the graduation rate status as of 2021 for the cohort of full-time, first-time degree / certificate-seeking undergraduates in both four year and two year institutions. Data for four year institutions include the number of bachelor degree-seeking students who were enrolled in 2011, the number of bachelor degree seeking students who completed any degree / certificate within 150 percent of normal time, the number who completed a bachelor's degree within 100, 125 or 150 percent of normal time, and the number of bachelor's degree-seeking students who transferred out. Data for students seeking a degree / certificate other than a bachelor's degree are also included for four year institutions. Data for two year institutions include the number of full-time, first-time students who were enrolled in 2014, the number of students who completed any degree / certificate within 100 or 150 percent of normal time and the number of students who transferred out. This file has multiple records per institution. Records are uniquely defined by the variables IPEDS ID (UNITID), and the cohort and graduation status within the cohort (GRTYPE). Each record will contain the above data by gender and race / ethnicity. Note: The number of students who completed a degree / certificate within 100 percent of normal time is not available by race / ethnicity and gender. "This file contains the graduation rate status as of August 31, 2017 for the cohort of full-time, first-time degree / certificate-seeking undergraduates in both four year and two year institutions. Data for four year institutions include the number of bachelor degree-seeking students who were enrolled in 2011, the number of bachelor's degree seeking students who completed any degree / certificate within 150 percent of normal time, the number who completed a bachelor's degree within 100, 125 or 150 percent of normal time, and the number of bachelor's degree-seeking students who transferred out . Data for students seeking a degree / certificate other than a bachelor's degree are also included for four year institutions. Data for two year institutions include the number of full-time, first-time students who were enrolled in 2014, the number of students who completed any degree / certificate within 100 or 150 percent of normal time and the number of students who transferred out. This file has multiple records per institution. Records are uniquely defined by the variables IPEDS ID (UNITID), and the cohort and graduation status within the cohort (GRTYPE). Each record will contain the above data by gender and race / ethnicity. Note: The number of students who completed a degree / certificate within 100 percent of normal time is not available by race / ethnicity and gender.

This dataset contains the number of staff, total salary outlays and average salaries of full-time, nonmedical, instructional staff by academic rank, number of months worked, and gender. The categories for number of months worked are 9-, 10-, 11- and 12-months. Number of staff working less than 9 months are also available, but salary data are not available for this group. Equated 9-month salary outlays and equated 9-month average salaries are also available by academic rank and gender. For details see the variables listed in the description tab. This data file has multiple records for each institution. Each record is uniquely defined by the variables IPEDS ID (UNITID), and the variable academic rank (ARANK) of full-time instructional staff. "This dataset contains the number of staff, total salary outlays and average salaries of full-time, nonmedical, instructional staff by academic rank, number of months worked, and gender. The categories for number of months worked are 9-, 10-, 11- and 12-months. Number of staff working less than 9 months are also available, but salary data are not available for this group. Equated 9-month salary outlays and equated 9-month average salaries are also available by academic rank and gender. For details see the variables listed in the description tab. This data file has multiple records for each institution. Each record is uniquely defined by the variables IPEDS ID (UNITID), and the variable academic rank (ARANK) of full-time instructional staff. Number of staff working less than 9 months are also available, but salary data are not available for this group. Equated 9-month salary outlays and equated 9-month average salaries are also available by academic rank and gender. For details see the variables listed in the description tab. This data file has multiple records for each institution. Each record is uniquely defined by the variables IPEDS ID (UNITID), and the variable academic rank (ARANK) of full-time instructional staff. Number of staff working less than 9 months are also available, but salary data are not available for this group. Equated 9-month salary outlays and equated 9-month average salaries are also available by academic rank and gender. For details see the variables listed in the description tab. This data file has multiple records for each institution. Each record is uniquely defined by the variables IPEDS ID (UNITID), and the variable academic rank (ARANK) of full-time instructional staff. Between 2012 and 2015 salary information were not available by number of months worked. Equated 9-month average salaries were available, but because of the lack of detailed salary data by the number of months worked, it is not consistent with equated 9-month salary data generated in 2016.  Prior to 2012, number of staff and salary information were available for 9/10 months worked and 11/12 months worked. Equated 9-month average salaries and equated 9-month salary outlays were available and is more consistent with the 2016 equated salaries. Prior to 2016 the number of months worked were referred to as contract lengths. In 2016, the salary survey collection screens used the "" number of months worked "" terminology.    This dataset also contains the number and salary outlays for full-time, nonmedical, non-instructional staff by occupational category

Unduplicated head count: Unduplicated head count of students enrolled over a 12-month period for both undergraduate and graduate levels. These enrollment data are particularly valuable for institutions that use non-traditional calendar systems and offer short-term programs. Because this enrollment measure encompasses an entire year, it provides a more complete picture of the number of students these schools serve. Instructional activity: Instructional activity measured in total credit and/or contact hours delivered by institutions during a 12-month period.  The credit hour and contact hour activity data are used to derive 12-month full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollments for both undergraduate and graduate levels. The graduate level does not include credit hours for doctoral professional practice students.