"Varying Degrees 2024" continues to explore Americans' perspectives on a variety of higher education issues, including value, affordability, funding, and accountability. The findings this year show Americans' confidence in higher education declines in a few areas. But at the same time, they still believe higher education is worth it and…

Between 2000 and 2010, U.S. public colleges and universities experienced widespread and uneven changes in funding from state and local appropriations. We find that over this period annual decreases in statewide appropriations led to lower public enrollment and higher for-profit enrollment (with no effect on enrollment overall), as well as…

Grant aid -- whether based on financial need, merit, or a combination therein -- is the primary form of financial aid awarded by states. States use grant aid to encourage academic preparation, enhance access to postsecondary education, affect students' choice of college, support persistence, and reduce out-of-state migration. State grant aid…

The cost for higher education increased nearly 55% from 2002 to 2012, while state appropriations decreased 12% over the same time period (Government Accountability Office, 2014). The cost burden has been shifted heavily on students and their families as institutions have raised the cost of attendance in order to make up for declines in state…

This supplement to Higher Education in Focus 2019 provides the latest data on a subset of indicators relevant to the goal of improving educational attainment in Illinois. Performance indicators are categorized within six areas: Preparation, Participation, Affordability, Completion, Finance, and Workforce. Most indicators provide the national and…

This supplement to Higher Education in Focus 2019 provides the latest data on a subset of indicators relevant to the goal of improving educational attainment in Indiana. Performance indicators are categorized within six areas: Preparation, Participation, Affordability, Completion, Finance, and Workforce. Most indicators provide the national and…

This supplement to Higher Education in Focus 2019 provides the latest data on a subset of indicators relevant to the goal of improving educational attainment in Iowa. Performance indicators are categorized within six areas: Preparation, Participation, Affordability, Completion, Finance, and Workforce. Most indicators provide the national and…

This supplement to Higher Education in Focus 2019 provides the latest data on a subset of indicators relevant to the goal of improving educational attainment in Kansas. Performance indicators are categorized within six areas: Preparation, Participation, Affordability, Completion, Finance, and Workforce. Most indicators provide the national and…

This supplement to Higher Education in Focus 2019 provides the latest data on a subset of indicators relevant to the goal of improving educational attainment in Michigan. Performance indicators are categorized within six areas: Preparation, Participation, Affordability, Completion, Finance, and Workforce. Most indicators provide the national and…

This supplement to Higher Education in Focus 2019 provides the latest data on a subset of indicators relevant to the goal of improving educational attainment in Minnesota. Performance indicators are categorized within six areas: Preparation, Participation, Affordability, Completion, Finance, and Workforce. Most indicators provide the national and…

This supplement to Higher Education in Focus 2019 provides the latest data on a subset of indicators relevant to the goal of improving educational attainment in Missouri. Performance indicators are categorized within six areas: Preparation, Participation, Affordability, Completion, Finance, and Workforce. Most indicators provide the national and…

This supplement to Higher Education in Focus 2019 provides the latest data on a subset of indicators relevant to the goal of improving educational attainment in Nebraska. Performance indicators are categorized within six areas: Preparation, Participation, Affordability, Completion, Finance, and Workforce. Most indicators provide the national and…

This supplement to Higher Education in Focus 2019 provides the latest data on a subset of indicators relevant to the goal of improving educational attainment in Ohio. Performance indicators are categorized within six areas: Preparation, Participation, Affordability, Completion, Finance, and Workforce. Most indicators provide the national and…

This supplement to Higher Education in Focus 2019 provides the latest data on a subset of indicators relevant to the goal of improving educational attainment in North Dakota. Performance indicators are categorized within six areas: Preparation, Participation, Affordability, Completion, Finance, and Workforce. Most indicators provide the national…

This supplement to Higher Education in Focus 2019 provides the latest data on a subset of indicators relevant to the goal of improving educational attainment in South Dakota. Performance indicators are categorized within six areas: Preparation, Participation, Affordability, Completion, Finance, and Workforce. Most indicators provide the national…