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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.

The number of students in regular programs for youth, general programs for adults, and vocational programs for youth and adults in public and private/independent schools, and home-schooling at the elementary-secondary level, by school type and program type.

The number of registered students in Switzerland has almost doubled since 2000/01. In the 2018/19 academic year, the number of students was over 313 thousand, compared with 160 thousand in 2001/01.

The dataset contains academic year- and gender-wise compiled data on Number of Students who have passed out in different subjects/disciplines of study such as Medical Science, Foreign Language, Agriculture, Indian Language, Law, Management, IT & Computer, Social Science, Library & Information Science, Physical Education, Oriental Learning, Linguistics Criminology & Forensic Science, Gandhian Studies, Women Studies , Defence Studies, Marine Science / Oceanography Religious Studies, Cultural Studies, Fisheries, Science, Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Home Science, Hospitality and Tourism, Fashion Technology, Paramedical Science, Design, Social Work, Area Studies, Journalism & Mass Communication, Fine Arts, etc. along with their sub-disciplines of study, from the year 2011-12 to 2020-21

Author's Note 2019/04/20: Revisiting this project, I recently discovered the incredibly comprehensive API produced by the Urban Institute. It achieves all of the goals laid out for this dataset in wonderful detail. I recommend that users interested pay a visit to their site.

Context

This dataset is designed to bring together multiple facets of U.S. education data into one convenient CSV (states_all.csv).

Contents

• states_all.csv: The primary data file. Contains aggregates from all state-level sources in one CSV.

• output_files/states_all_extended.csv: The contents of states_all.csv with additional data related to race and gender.

Column Breakdown

Identification

• PRIMARY_KEY: A combination of the year and state name.
• YEAR
• STATE

Enrollment

A breakdown of students enrolled in schools by school year.

• GRADES_PK: Number of students in Pre-Kindergarten education.

• GRADES_4: Number of students in fourth grade.

• GRADES_8: Number of students in eighth grade.

• GRADES_12: Number of students in twelfth grade.

• GRADES_1_8: Number of students in the first through eighth grades.

• GRADES 9_12: Number of students in the ninth through twelfth grades.

• GRADES_ALL: The count of all students in the state. Comparable to ENROLL in the financial data (which is the U.S. Census Bureau's estimate for students in the state).

The extended version of states_all contains additional columns that breakdown enrollment by race and gender. For example:

• G06_A_A: Total number of sixth grade students.

• G06_AS_M: Number of sixth grade male students whose ethnicity was classified as "Asian".

• G08_AS_A_READING: Average reading score of eighth grade students whose ethnicity was classified as "Asian".

The represented races include AM (American Indian or Alaska Native), AS (Asian), HI (Hispanic/Latino), BL (Black or African American), WH (White), HP (Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander), and TR (Two or More Races). The represented genders include M (Male) and F (Female).

Financials

A breakdown of states by revenue and expenditure.

• ENROLL: The U.S. Census Bureau's count for students in the state. Should be comparable to GRADES_ALL (which is the NCES's estimate for students in the state).

• TOTAL REVENUE: The total amount of revenue for the state.

  • FEDERAL_REVENUE
  • STATE_REVENUE
  • LOCAL_REVENUE

• TOTAL_EXPENDITURE: The total expenditure for the state.

  • INSTRUCTION_EXPENDITURE

  • SUPPORT_SERVICES_EXPENDITURE

  • CAPITAL_OUTLAY_EXPENDITURE

  • OTHER_EXPENDITURE

Academic Achievement

A breakdown of student performance as assessed by the corresponding exams (math and reading, grades 4 and 8).

• AVG_MATH_4_SCORE: The state's average score for fourth graders taking the NAEP math exam.

• AVG_MATH_8_SCORE: The state's average score for eight graders taking the NAEP math exam.

• AVG_READING_4_SCORE: The state's average score for fourth graders taking the NAEP reading exam.

• AVG_READING_8_SCORE: The state's average score for eighth graders taking the NAEP reading exam.

Data Processing

The original sources can be found here:

# Enrollment
https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/stnfis.asp
# Financials
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/school-finances/data/tables.html
# Academic Achievement
https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/NDE

Data was aggregated using a Python program I wrote. The code (as well as additional project information) can be found [here][1].

Methodology Notes

• Spreadsheets for NCES enrollment data for 2014, 2011, 2010, and 2009 were modified to place key data on the same sheet, making scripting easier.

• The column 'ENROLL' represents the U.S. Census Bureau data value (financial data), while the column 'GRADES_ALL' represents the NCES data value (demographic data). Though the two organizations correspond on this matter, these values (which are ostensibly the same) do vary. Their documentation chalks this up to differences in membership (i.e. what is and is not a fourth grade student).

• Enrollment data from NCES has seen a number of changes across survey years. One of the more notable is that data on student gender does not appear to have been collected until 2009. The information in states_all_extended.csv reflects this.

• NAEP test score data is only available for certain years

• The current version of this data is concerned with state-level patterns. It is the author's hope that future versions will allow for school district-level granularity.

Acknowledgements

Data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Licensing Notes

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