Data

Delta Project Data

The Delta Project has organized data on operating spending and revenues into aggregate measures of costs per student and costs per degree/certificate produced, organized into Carnegie classifications separating public and private nonprofit institutions.

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Source: Delta Cost Project IPEDS database, 9-year matched set

National

(Private Nonprofit Institutions)

National Context:

17,553,939 total students enrolled at degree-granting public and private postsecondary institutions

20% of students are enrolled in private not profit institutions

Distribution of enrollments at private nonprofit institutions:
- 29% at Research
- 34% at Master’s
- 22% at Bachelor’s

Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Survey (IPEDS), 2005

Average Measures of Costs per Student, Student Shares, and Production

	National
	Private Research	Private Master's	Private Bachelor's
Full Educational Costs per FTE student
2005	$34,774	$16,369	$20,235
Change from 1998-2005	17%	8%	8%
Student Share of Costs (Discounted)
2005	65%	78%	62%
Percentage Point Change 1998-2005	3%	5%	5%
Aggregate Educational Spending/Student Completions
2005	$113,587	$56,574	$90,283
Change from 1998-2005	18%	5%	2%
Percent of Completions per 100 FTE students
2005	31%	31%	23%
Percentage Point Change 1998-2005	-1%	1%	1%

Source: Delta Cost Project IPEDS database, 9-year matched set.