Student Affairs: Statistical Sources

The National Center for Education Statistics is a great place to get started when looking for stats

Use the Compare Institutions" to compare your institution (e.g., U of St. Thomas) against peer institutions, based on criteria important to you.

Extract exactly the information you want from the data on the NCES site.

The largest continuing and nationally representative assessment of what U.S. students know and can do in various subjects

Statistics and reports on international exchange education, i.e., study abroad. Data in their publication, Open Doors. Much of it available free online.

This year's demographics on children in America. Includes statistics on education, but also on health, healthcare, physical conditions, and economics.

For background information on all aspects of children, childhood, and family in Amerca.

U.S. Department of Education statistics on alleged criminal offenses on colleges and universities.

Click on Minnesota for our profile. Click on state comparisons to see how Minnesota compares to other states in various disciplines, as well as by year, ethnicity and gender.

Information on students attending Minnesota's colleges and universities, about the institutions themselves, and about the preparation of high school students for college.

Reviews of policy in education in the Great Lakes area -- including Minnesota. (Members of the site are the (National Education Association (NEA) and its affiliates in the states of the Great Lakes.)