There were approximately 18.58 million college students in the U.S. in 2022, with around 13.49 million enrolled in public colleges and a further 5.09 million students enrolled in private colleges. The figures are projected to remain relatively constant over the next few years.

What is the most expensive college in the U.S.? The overall number of higher education institutions in the U.S. totals around 4,000, and California is the state with the most. One important factor that students – and their parents – must consider before choosing a college is cost. With annual expenses totaling almost 78,000 U.S. dollars, Harvey Mudd College in California was the most expensive college for the 2021-2022 academic year. There are three major costs of college: tuition, room, and board. The difference in on-campus and off-campus accommodation costs is often negligible, but they can change greatly depending on the college town.

The differences between public and private colleges Public colleges, also called state colleges, are mostly funded by state governments. Private colleges, on the other hand, are not funded by the government but by private donors and endowments. Typically, private institutions are  much more expensive. Public colleges tend to offer different tuition fees for students based on whether they live in-state or out-of-state, while private colleges have the same tuition cost for every student.

This statistic depicts the average number of colleges where students applied in the United States in 2018. During the survey, four percent of students in the United States applied to ten or more colleges.

In the academic year 2023/24, there were 331,602 international students from India studying in the United States. International students The majority of international students studying in the United States are originally from India and China, totaling 331,602 students and 277,398 students respectively in the 2023/24 school year. In 2022/23, there were 467,027 international graduate students , which accounted for over one third of the international students in the country. Typically, engineering and math & computer science programs were among the most common fields of study for these students. The United States is home to many world-renowned schools, most notably, the Ivy League Colleges which provide education that is sought after by both foreign and local students. International students and college Foreign students in the United States pay some of the highest fees in the United States, with an average of 24,914 U.S. dollars. American students attending a college in New England paid an average of 14,900 U.S. dollars for tuition alone and there were about 79,751 international students in Massachusetts . Among high-income families, U.S. students paid an average of 34,700 U.S. dollars for college, whereas the average for all U.S. families reached only 28,026 U.S. dollars. Typically, 40 percent of families paid for college tuition through parent income and savings, while 29 percent relied on grants and scholarships.

This paper explores a unique dataset of all the SET ratings provided by students of one university in Poland at the end of the winter semester of the 2020/2021 academic year. The SET questionnaire used by this university is presented in Appendix 1. The dataset is unique for several reasons. It covers all SET surveys filled by students in all fields and levels of study offered by the university. In the period analysed, the university was entirely in the online regime amid the Covid-19 pandemic. While the expected learning outcomes formally have not been changed, the online mode of study could have affected the grading policy and could have implications for some of the studied SET biases. This Covid-19 effect is captured by econometric models and discussed in the paper. The average SET scores were matched with the characteristics of the teacher for degree, seniority, gender, and SET scores in the past six semesters; the course characteristics for time of day, day of the week, course type, course breadth, class duration, and class size; the attributes of the SET survey responses as the percentage of students providing SET feedback; and the grades of the course for the mean, standard deviation, and percentage failed. Data on course grades are also available for the previous six semesters. This rich dataset allows many of the biases reported in the literature to be tested for and new hypotheses to be formulated, as presented in the introduction section. The unit of observation or the single row in the data set is identified by three parameters: teacher unique id (j), course unique id (k) and the question number in the SET questionnaire (n ϵ {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} ). It means that for each pair (j,k), we have nine rows, one for each SET survey question, or sometimes less when students did not answer one of the SET questions at all. For example, the dependent variable SET_score_avg(j,k,n) for the triplet (j=Calculus, k=John Smith, n=2) is calculated as the average of all Likert-scale answers to question nr 2 in the SET survey distributed to all students that took the Calculus course taught by John Smith. The data set has 8,015 such observations or rows. The full list of variables or columns in the data set included in the analysis is presented in the attached filesection. Their description refers to the triplet (teacher id = j, course id = k, question number = n). When the last value of the triplet (n) is dropped, it means that the variable takes the same values for all n ϵ {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}.Two attachments:- word file with variables description- Rdata file with the data set (for R language).Appendix 1. Appendix 1. The SET questionnaire was used for this paper. Evaluation survey of the teaching staff of [university name] Please, complete the following evaluation form, which aims to assess the lecturer’s performance. Only one answer should be indicated for each question. The answers are coded in the following way: 5- I strongly agree; 4- I agree; 3- Neutral; 2- I don’t agree; 1- I strongly don’t agree. Questions 1 2 3 4 5 I learnt a lot during the course. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ I think that the knowledge acquired during the course is very useful. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The professor used activities to make the class more engaging. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ If it was possible, I would enroll for the course conducted by this lecturer again. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The classes started on time. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The lecturer always used time efficiently. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The lecturer delivered the class content in an understandable and efficient way. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The lecturer was available when we had doubts. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The lecturer treated all students equally regardless of their race, background and ethnicity. ○ ○

In the academic year of 2023/24, around 21 million students were enrolled for undergraduate degrees in the United States. This was a slight increase from the previous year, when 20.6 million students were enrolled as undergraduates.

EDUCAbase Table Average and total number of credits enrolled, submitted and exceeded (students enrolled) by field of study and sex. Indicators of academic performance of Master’s students. Results by university. Yearly.

Vietnam University & College: Student data was reported at 2,118.500 Person th in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,363.900 Person th for 2014. Vietnam University & College: Student data is updated yearly, averaging 1,131.022 Person th from Sep 1991 (Median) to 2015, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,363.900 Person th in 2014 and a record low of 106.900 Person th in 1991. Vietnam University & College: Student data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by General Statistics Office. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.G050: Education Statistics.

This statistic shows the share of college students in the United States who worked in 2016 while completing their undergraduates. According to the survey, 14 percent of students only worked over the break periods.

Number of Students: Delhi: Colleges data was reported at 299,597.000 Person in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 281,983.000 Person for 2020. Number of Students: Delhi: Colleges data is updated yearly, averaging 261,089.000 Person from Sep 2010 (Median) to 2021, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 299,597.000 Person in 2021 and a record low of 150,323.000 Person in 2010. Number of Students: Delhi: Colleges data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Education. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Education Sector – Table IN.EDD005: Number of Students: Colleges.

Table of EDUCAbase Average number of credits enrolled, submitted and exceeded (students enrolled) by type and modality of the university, field of study and sex. Indicators of beneficiaries of general scholarships of the AGE and the Basque Country in Bachelor’s studies. National results. Yearly.

According to latest figures, around 38.91 million undergraduate students were enrolled in degree programs at public colleges and universities in China in 2024. In 2023, around 20.67 million students were studying in bachelor's degree programs, while 17.08 million were enrolled in more practically oriented short-cycle degree programs. The number of graduates from these programs reached around 10.47 million in 2023. On a postgraduate level, there were almost 3.9 million master's and doctor's degree students studying at public institutions in China in 2023. Development of enrollment figures Since the beginning of the reform era in 1979, the number of students enrolled at institutions of tertiary education in China has increased tremendously. While the gross enrollment rate in tertiary education ranged at only 3.4 percent in 1990, it reached 60 percent of related age groups in 2023. This is the result of a thorough governmental plan aimed at increasing the number of specialists China needed for its economic development. The quality of university education in China also increased a lot throughout these years. Nowadays, two Chinese institutions, Tsinghua University and Peking University, regularly reach the highest positions in international university rankings, while a broad group of institutions are continuously improving into the midfield of international universities. However, competition for admission to the elite universities is fierce and the quality of many lower level colleges is not comparable to higher international standards. Types of tertiary education in China China generally differentiates between universities, providing four-year bachelor, master and doctorate programs, and higher vocational colleges, providing more practically oriented three-year, short-cycle degree programs. In addition, it is possible to obtain degrees at public institutes for adult education and from online and self-learning courses provided by public institutions. The number of students enrolled in degree programs at all different levels of public tertiary education in China reached more than 47.6 million in 2023. In addition to public institutions, there is also a growing number of students enrolled at private colleges and universities. However, these private institutions are generally not as esteemed and work on a lower level than their public counterparts.

Public school enrolments in regular programs for youth in elementary and secondary schools, by grade and sex.

Indonesia Number of Student: Higher Education: Jakarta data was reported at 1,292,571.000 Person in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,084,123.000 Person for 2017. Indonesia Number of Student: Higher Education: Jakarta data is updated yearly, averaging 841,942.500 Person from Mar 1995 (Median) to 2018, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,292,571.000 Person in 2018 and a record low of 434,399.000 Person in 2007. Indonesia Number of Student: Higher Education: Jakarta data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Indonesia – Table ID.GAC003: Number of Student: by Province.

Average grade score (GBP) is calculated by assigning points for each student’s grade. The grade A in a course is given the value of 20 points, the grade B 17.5 points, the grade C 15 points, the grade D 12.5 points, the grade E 10 points and the grade F 0 points. The points per course are multiplied by the extent of the courses in upper secondary school points. The sum of the weighted course points is then divided by the total amount of upper secondary school points in which the student is graded from F to A (secondary work and courses taken within extended programme are not included in the calculation). Please note that the average grade score is not the same measure as the merit score used for admission to universities and colleges. New key figures from 2022. Replaces previous KPIs (N17486) describing GBP for students with a diploma or certificate of 2,500 credits.Data is available according to gender breakdown.

In 2018 Spain had the highest number of students per secondary class in Europe, with an average of 25.4 students in a class. Latvia had the lowest average of students in secondary level classes, at 15.8 students per class.

Number of Students: West Bengal: Colleges data was reported at 1,795,258.000 Person in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,679,228.000 Person for 2020. Number of Students: West Bengal: Colleges data is updated yearly, averaging 1,554,327.000 Person from Sep 2010 (Median) to 2021, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,795,258.000 Person in 2021 and a record low of 609,140.000 Person in 2010. Number of Students: West Bengal: Colleges data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Education. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Education Sector – Table IN.EDD005: Number of Students: Colleges.

Number of Students: Tamil Nadu: Colleges data was reported at 2,267,903.000 Person in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,235,362.000 Person for 2020. Number of Students: Tamil Nadu: Colleges data is updated yearly, averaging 2,141,271.000 Person from Sep 2010 (Median) to 2021, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,275,290.000 Person in 2019 and a record low of 591,102.000 Person in 2010. Number of Students: Tamil Nadu: Colleges data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Education. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Education Sector – Table IN.EDD005: Number of Students: Colleges.

In 2021, there were about 2.73 million students enrolled in private nonprofit institutions in the United States, as compared to 777,430 in private for-profit institutions. The number of students enrolled in private nonprofit institutions decreased slightly from the previous year, when about 2.74 million students were enrolled.

In the time between 2023 and 2024, low-income families paid 28,985 U.S. dollars on average for college, whereas high-income families paid 29,187 U.S. dollars during this time. On average, families in the United States paid 28,409 U.S. dollars for college.

This statistic shows the average number of hours that students spent studying per week in the United States in 2011. The results are divided by major. On average an architecture major spent 23.7 hours per week studying. An economics major spent on average 14.4 hours per week studying.