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

(Public Institutions)

National Context:

17,553,939 total students enrolled at degree-granting public and private postsecondary institutions
74% of students are enrolled in public institutions
Distribution of enrollments at public institutions:
- 28% at Research
- 19% at Master’s
- 48% at Associates

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

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


	National
	Public Research	Public Master's	Public Associates
Full Educational Costs per FTE student
2005	$13,570	$10,208	$8,788
Change from 1998-2005	1%	4%	-1%
Student Share of Costs (Discounted)
2005	51%	47%	32%
Percentage Point Change 1998-2005	13%	10%	8%
Aggregate Educational Spending/Student Completions
2005	$54,819	$46,591	$41,112
Change from 1998-2005	-2%	3%	-5%
Percent of Completions per 100 FTE students
2005	25%	23%	25%
Percentage Point Change 1998-2005	1%	1%	2%

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