Education Research Guide

Concise information on a range of educational issues, from early childhood to adult learning. Fast Facts draw from various published sources and are updated as new data become available.

Report containing key indicators on the condition of education in the United States at all levels, from prekindergarten through postsecondary, as well as labor force outcomes and international comparisons. A congressionally-mandated annual report from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Contains statistical information, from prekindergarten through graduate school. Includes the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, libraries, and international education.

Annual reports produced jointly by Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics, 1998-present.

Data on colleges, universities, and technical and vocational postsecondary institutions in the United States.

The largest ongoing assessment of what U.S. students know and can do. A common measure of student achievement, also known as The Nation's Report Card, NAEP has provided important information about how students are performing academically since 1969. NAEP is given to a representative sample of students across the country.

Create charts, tables and maps using decades' worth of data on students' academic performance. First administered in 1969, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest continuing and nationally representative assessment of what our nation’s students know and can do in subjects such as mathematics, reading, science, and writing.

Primary federal entity responsible for collecting and analyzing education statistics.

A comprehensive collection of policy briefs, research and data related to early childhood education, from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

Contains faculty, staff, and adjunct salary data from thousands of colleges. 2003-present

Interactive web tool designed to provide information about college graduation rates for nearly any four-year college or university in the country.

Data on student-debt, graduation rates, and salary after attending. Includes race/ethnic and socio-economic data. from the U.S. Dept. of Education.

Similar to the NSSE, measures stucent experiences on the community college level; managed at UT Austin.

Data collections for U.S. competitiveness and STEM education statistical data, maintained by the NSF's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NCSES.

National survey of undergraduates measuring their educational experiences, now at the University of Kansas.

U.S. Census Bureau estimates of income and poverty statistics for school districts, counties, and states.

Data about the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas. Data on median income, educational attainment, race and ethnicity, and community data.

Variety of statistics and information on a issues concerning education in California.

California Department of Education report containing statistics about California's public schools and districts for the most current school year, including ethnic distribution of students and teachers. A part of CalEdFacts.

Includes information on student enrollment, graduation and dropout rates, course enrollment, enrollment in specialized programs, and more.

State links to DataQuest, Ed-Data, the Data Resource Guide, and Longitudinal Education Data Systems.

The Dashboard is a new website that shows how local educational agencies and schools are performing on the indicators included in California’s new school accountability system.

Find data about the health and well being of children in communities across California via sections by Topic, Region, Demographic, Data in Action, and News. A program of the Population Reference Bureau.

Includes data on degree outcomes, institutional performance, faculty, diversity.

Includes gender, ethnicity, field of study, financial support data from 1990 - present.

UCLA data on admissions, enrollment, and degree production.

Information, research, analytical services and data analysis that support evidence-based decision making, strategic planning and management of statistical and historical student data records at the CSU.​

Data reports on student enrollment, retention, graduation, and graduation earnings for the CSU campuses.

Demographics, retention rates, enrollment information and more for California community colleges.

Tracks student success at all 113 community colleges.

Similar to the NSSE, measures stucent experiences on the community college level; managed at UT Austin.

Salary comparison tool that lists how much money students earned before and after completing a certificate or an associate degree at a California Community College.

Data produced in partnership with Ed-Data.

Data produced in partnership with Ed-Data.

Global data on education from national statistical reports, statistical annexes, and other sources.

One of the largest archives of surveys useful in secondary analysis and quantitative research. Holdings include political and election studies, education studies, population research, economic attitudes and behavior, social indicators, and studies on health status from the United States and many countries worldwide.

Statistics on the human and financial resources invested in education, on access to, progression and completion of education, on how education and learning systems operate, and on the returns to educational investments. Includes data from members and non-members of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.

Online library of e-books, e-periodicals, and interactive statistical databases produced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, culture and communication.

Statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce on an annual basis, 1948-present. Demographic Yearbook special topics issues cover a wide range of additional topics including economic activity, educational attainment, household characteristics, housing, ethnicity and language, among others.