Food insecurity is widespread among college students in the United States. CalFresh food benefits, known federally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, can help students in California pay for food, but may not reach all eligible students. This data point provides estimates of CalFresh participation rates among community…

Recent changes to the federal student loan program will affect student loan borrowing, repayment, and debt. Payments on student loans, which were suspended during the coronavirus pandemic, restarted in October 2023. A new repayment plan introduced in August 2023 will significantly reduce interest accrual and payments for certain borrowers.…

This report aims to provide an overview of the annual fall census data for students enrolled in degree credit courses within the North Dakota University System (NDUS). Compared to previous editions, this report adds two new tables, as well as revisions to existing ones. Tables and figures include: (1) NDUS Census Headcounts, Full Time…

Conducting satisfaction assessment is a way to show students that the institution cares about their perceptions and their educational experience, but an even more significant way that an institution can show that it cares is by actively responding to student-identified issues. Once data have been collected, actively reviewed, and shared throughout…

Since the first online MBA was launched in 1987, online learning has played an increasingly prominent role in graduate management education (GME). According to the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, more than 50,000 students were enrolled in online MBA programs worldwide in the 2020-2021 academic year. The stage was set for…

Military service members, veterans, and certain dependents and survivors can receive financial support for postsecondary education and technical training. Veterans' educational benefits can include tuition and fees, housing allowances, and stipends for books and supplies (Radford 2011; Radford et al. 2016). Veterans' education benefits are…

These tables present data from four administrations of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (2003-04, 2007-08, 2011-12, and 2015-16) showing trends in how graduate students financed their education. Data include the demographic attributes and academic characteristics of graduate students and the average price of attendance for the programs…

The Fall 2022 Enrollment Fact Book details current fall enrollment data including on- and off-campus enrollment by ethnicity, gender, residency, degree program level, and program category. [For the Fall 2021 Enrollment Fact Book, see ED617838.]

This report assesses prospective student demand for specific graduate management education (GME) program types, both in terms of the program types they "consider" and the program types they "prefer." Prospective student profiles highlight key differences among those who prefer different program types. The report also examines…

"Open Doors"® is the only long-standing, comprehensive information resource on international students and scholars in the United States and on U.S. students studying abroad for academic credit. The "Open Doors 2023 Report on International Educational Exchange" provides detailed information and analysis on: (1) international…

The Fall 2021 Enrollment Fact Book details current fall enrollment data including on- and off-campus enrollment by ethnicity, gender, residency, degree program level, and program category. [For the Fall 2020 Enrollment Fact Book, see ED617836.]

This newsletter provides highlights of the latest research from the Student Transitions Project (STP), with a focus on the first transitions of British Columbia (B.C.) grade 12 graduates into B.C. public post-secondary education. The study was conducted by the Student Transitions Project (STP), a collaborative research partnership involving B.C.'s…

As the key pipeline and training ground for global business leadership, graduate management education (GME) has a critical role to play in ensuring that future business leaders understand and appreciate diversity, as well as reflect the diversity of the society they will serve. How diversity is understood can vary widely in different global…

For more than 25 years, thousands of colleges and universities have used the Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL) Satisfaction-Priorities Surveys to assess their students, strengthen the student experience, increase student success and completion, and prioritize campus planning initiatives. The surveys are valued so highly because they reveal where…

This report explores how the state of postgraduate education in the United Kingdom (UK) has changed over the past decade by drawing on a number of other primary data sources and secondary source analyses by authors such as the Department for Education and the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). UK, 'other European Union (EU)' and 'non-EU'…