QuickStats - NEW Online Tool Makes Data Available to Public
The National Center for Education Statistics
announces the availability of QuickStats, a new data tool that makes
several postsecondary education datasets easily accessible to the public.
QuickStats allows public access for
data consumers -- such as policy makers, legislative staff, journalists,
students, and others -- to answer questions using data collected by
NCES. Users can easily create tables by selecting from a list
of datasets, then selecting variables contained within as column and
row categories, employing a simple drag-and-drop process. Once
the tables are produced, they can choose to view their results in bar
graph form, downloads into MS Excel, create a printer layout, or save
them by generating a unique table ID for quick retrieval.
QuickStats allows users to obtain data
from the following studies:
- NEW! National Postsecondary Student
Aid Study (NPSAS:08). Just released, NPSAS:08 is the most current
nationally representative study of U.S. undergraduate and graduate students,
with a special focus on how students and their families pay for college.
QuickStats also includes data from NPSAS:04.
- Baccalaureate and Beyond (B &
B), a study of bachelor's degree recipients and their plans for and
experiences after college graduation, including graduate study.
The 1992-1993 longitudinal cohort was followed periodically for 10 years
after graduation.
- Beginning Postsecondary Students
Longitudinal Study (BPS), which follows first-time students beginning
their postsecondary education, typically over a period of 6 years. The
1995-96 cohort was followed through 2001. The 2003-04 cohort was interviewed
in 2006 and is currently being interviewed again.
- National Survey of Postsecondary
Faculty (NSOPF), a study of full-time and part-time postsecondary faculty
and instructional staff at 2-year and 4-year institutions. NSOPF
was last conducted in 2004.
QuickStats users can answer such questions
as:
- What percentage of all undergraduates
are obtaining student loans and how much have they borrowed?
- What is the average cost of attending
one year at a private 4-year college?
- What percentage of low-income freshmen
who started college in fall 2003 were still enrolled three years later?
- What was the average debt of graduating
seniors in 2008?
- What percentage of Hispanic 2008
bachelor's degree recipients enrolled in graduate study?
For more information, visit QuickStats
at http://www.nces.ed.gov/datalab