Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 8 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 22 |
Descriptor
Bachelors Degrees | 105 |
Comparative Analysis | 105 |
Higher Education | 84 |
Masters Degrees | 56 |
Doctoral Degrees | 55 |
Trend Analysis | 41 |
Associate Degrees | 40 |
College Graduates | 40 |
Degrees (Academic) | 39 |
Majors (Students) | 34 |
Graduate Study | 27 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Location
Canada | 10 |
Kentucky | 5 |
United States | 5 |
Virginia | 4 |
Florida | 3 |
Pennsylvania | 3 |
South Carolina | 3 |
Texas | 3 |
Alabama | 2 |
Arkansas | 2 |
Australia | 2 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
G I Bill | 3 |
Individuals with Disabilities… | 2 |
No Child Left Behind Act 2001 | 2 |
Pell Grant Program | 2 |
Elementary and Secondary… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Gordon, Jonathan; Einaudi, Peter; Kang, Kelly – National Science Foundation, 2022
Baccalaureate education plays a key role in the educational pathways of research doctorate recipients. Most doctoral students earning research doctorates in the United States received their baccalaureate from institutions in the Carnegie Classification group R1: doctoral universities (very high research activity) or from foreign academic…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Doctoral Degrees, Classification, Research Universities
Andrew C. Barr; Kelli Bird; Ben Castleman; William Skimmyhorn – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2019
Despite broad public interest in Veterans' education, there is relatively little evidence documenting the postsecondary trajectories of military service members after they return to civilian life. In the current report we investigate how U.S. Army service member college enrollment and progression trends compare to a similar population of…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Veterans, Veterans Education, College Enrollment
Zhao, John; Ferguson, Sarah Jane; Dryburgh, Heather; Rodriguez, Carlos; Gibson, Laura – Statistics Canada, 2017
Canadians complete postsecondary education for many reasons, including the desire to improve their quality of life or to pursue their passion. For many, ensuring financial security after graduation is also an important motivation. This report looks at how postsecondary education credentials pay off in earnings for working-age men and women in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment, Salary Wage Differentials
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, 2015
The information presented in this report details degree completions by in-state undergraduates (ISUs) at Virginia public and private non-profit institutions in 2013-14. Presented are summaries of degree-award totals in the public and private sectors, comparisons to past years and to current estimates, and analyses of progress toward the degree…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, Academic Degrees
Roberts, Ashley – National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
This Data Point examines the persistence and attainment of students who enrolled in postsecondary education for the first time in 2003-04, focusing on subbaccalaureate students (those seeking a certificate or associate's degree) and, among subbaccalaureate students, those who pursue occupational education. Their progress was tracked over 6 years.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Student Surveys, Two Year College Students, Educational Attainment
Statistics Canada, 2016
From an economic perspective, the arrival of international students on Canadian campuses can represent a flow of highly skilled talent that can help ease domestic skills shortages not filled by the native-born population. A recent study notes that of the cohort of international students who came to Canada to study during the 1990s and early 2000s,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Enrollment Trends, College Students
Jenkins, Davis; Fink, John – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2016
Increasing the effectiveness of two- to four-year college transfer is critical for meeting national goals for college attainment and promoting upward social mobility. Efforts to improve institutional effectiveness in serving transfer students and state transfer policy have been hampered by a lack of comparable metrics for measuring transfer…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Two Year College Students, Program Effectiveness, Bachelors Degrees
Rine, P. Jesse – Council of Independent Colleges, 2014
"Strengthening the STEM Pipeline: The Contributions of Small and Mid-Sized Independent Colleges" demonstrates that small and mid-sized independent institutions are preparing students for careers and graduate study in STEM fields more efficiently than many public universities. Contrary to popular assumptions, the report shows that smaller…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Private Colleges, STEM Education, Undergraduate Students
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Cheah, Ban – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2015
This third installment of "Hard Times" updates the previous analyses of college majors, unemployment, and earnings over the Great Recession. While there is wide variation by college majors, hard times have become better times for most college graduates, but the recovery is far from complete. Hard times are becoming better times for most…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), College Students, Unemployment, College Graduates
Xu, Di; Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Fletcher, Jeffrey – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2016
Using detailed administrative data from Virginia, this paper examines how and why the community college pathway to a baccalaureate influences students' degree attainment and short-term labor market performance. We find that the community college pathway sharply reduces the likelihood of earning a bachelor's degree but does not have a significant…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees
Radford, Alexandria Walton; Bentz, Alexander; Dekker, Remmert; Paslov, Jonathan – National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
The Post-9/11 GI Bill took effect on August 1, 2009, increasing the education benefits available to military service members who served after September 10, 2001. A previous National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) study used national data collected in 2007-08 to profile military undergraduate and graduate students who received benefits…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Veterans, Military Personnel, Enrollment
Gonyea, Robert M.; Kinzie, Jillian – Council of Independent Colleges, 2015
Critics of traditional, residential, liberal arts colleges and universities contend that this form of higher education is outmoded, too costly, and no longer educationally relevant for 21st century students. Economies of scale, large classes taught by contingent faculty members and graduate students, and increasing reliance on technology and…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Learner Engagement, Institutional Characteristics, National Surveys
Chen, Xianglei – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
Producing sufficient numbers of graduates who are prepared for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations has become a national priority in the United States. To attain this goal, some policymakers have targeted reducing STEM attrition in college, arguing that retaining more students in STEM fields in college is a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Attrition, Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2012
This article presents a list of the top Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degree producers in the U.S. This list is broken down into seven categories: (1) Total Minority Research/Scholarship and Other Doctoral: Mathematics and Statistics; (2) Total Minority Bachelors: Biological and Biomedical Sciences; (3) Total Minority…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Minority Group Students, Higher Education, STEM Education
One Degree of Separation: How Young Americans Who Don't Finish College See Their Chances for Success
Johnson, Jean; Rochkind, Jon; Ott, Amber – Public Agenda, 2011
This paper reports findings from a national random sample survey of more than 600 young Americans, asking them for their views on jobs, college, and their own economic prospects. The survey was designed to shed light on questions such as these: (1) How do young Americans think about college and jobs as they become working-age adults and begin…
Descriptors: Higher Education, High School Graduates, College Graduates, Young Adults