Library Guides: Higher Education: Higher Ed Data and Statistics

Demographic Information

Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information on jobs, education, pay, inflation and prices, and time use. Includes the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

ICPSR This link opens in a new window
The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research is the world largest collection of digital social science data. Topics covered include sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, child care, health care, crime, minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, and international relations.

National Center for Education Statistics
Home page of the central location for national and state data on all aspects of education.
IPEDS--Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
Data sets, reports, trends, tables, and data tools that allow filtering by variables.
Fast Facts from NCES
Ready information on topics such as graduation rates, financial aid, tuition costs, race/ethnicity of faculty, and so on.

Mississippi Public Colleges and Universities
From IHL, this site gathers graduation and degree information from all the public universities in Mississippi.
University of Mississippi, IR and Trend data
From the office of Institutional Research and Assessment
NSSE: National Survey of Student Engagement
University of Mississippi participated in NSSE: 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Chronicle of Education Salary Data
Search full-time faculty, adjunct faculty and staff salaries across institutions.
Carnegie Classifications
The Carnegie Foundation website provides an institution lookup and detailed information on classfications.
Grapevine: Annual Compilation of Data on State Fiscal Support for Higher Education
From James C. Palmer at the Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State University
Council of Graduate Schools
Provides data on graduate enrollment, international graduates, often available by discipline.