ALMANAC 97-98

Facts about higher education in the U.S., each of the 50 states, and D.C.

Political leadership

Colleges & universities

Faculty members

Students

Money

Students

Average ACT scores by sex and by racial and ethnic group
Average SAT scores by sex and by racial and ethnic group
Proportion of undergraduates receiving financial aid
Educational attainment of 1989-90 college freshmen by 1994
Educational attainment of 1980 high-school sophomores by 1992
Colleges with the most freshman merit scholars
Student financial aid
Campuses with the largest enrollments
College enrollment by age of students
Number of colleges by enrollment
College enrollment by racial and ethnic group
Projections of college enrollment, degrees, and high-school graduates
Proportion of 18-to-24-year-olds enrolled in college
Educational attainment of the U.S. population
Attitudes and characteristics of freshmen
Characteristics of recipients of doctorates
Foreign students' countries of origin
Institutions enrolling the most foreign students
Earned degrees conferred
Degrees conferred, by racial and ethnic group
Universities awarding the most earned doctorates

Median salaries of administrators
Average faculty salaries
Faculty activities
Characteristics of full-time faculty members
College employees, by racial and ethnic group
Employment policies and perquisites for college presidents
Average faculty salaries by rank and field
Attitudes and activities of faculty members

College revenues and expenditures
Sources of voluntary support for higher education
Top fund raisers
Largest private gifts to higher education
466 college and university endowments
Largest endowments per student
Range of tuition at 4-year institutions
Total return on college endowments
Average college costs
Defense department contracts and grants
Holdings of university research libraries
Top institutions in research-and-development spending

Doctorate-granting institutions
Selective liberal-arts colleges

Proportion of adults with a bachelor's or higher degree
Projected change in the number of high-school graduates
High-school dropout rates
Number of colleges and universities
Proportion of college students who are minority-group members
Proportion of college students who are enrolled full time
Proportion of college students who are enrolled at public institutions
States' share of total U.S. college enrollment
Percentage change in college enrollment
Percentage change in state appropriations for higher education