Analysis Briefs: Archive

Browse our collection of briefs and other publications that offer insights on college prices, student financial aid, and other topics related to the costs of going to college.

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Trends in Community Colleges: Enrollment, Prices, Student Debt, and Completion (April 2016)

This brief summarizes key data about community college enrollment, the characteristics of students in this sector, the sticker and net prices students face, student debt, and completion rates.

  • Current as of 2/3/2022
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How Students and Parents Pay for College (March 2013)

This analysis brief provides insight into how students and their families finance an undergraduate education.

  • Current as of 2/3/2022
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  • 1.34 MB

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Trends in Tuition and Fees, Enrollment, and State Appropriations for Higher Education by State (July 2012)

This analysis brief provides information on trends in tuition and fees, enrollment, and state support for higher education by state, paying particular attention to the public two-year and four-year sectors.

  • Current as of 2/3/2022
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  • 1.77 MB

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Trends in Public Higher Education: Enrollment, Prices, Student Aid, Revenues, and Expenditures (May 2012)

This analysis brief summarizes key data about public four-year and two-year institutions, offering an overview of the issues and circumstances facing the sector and its students.

  • Current as of 2/3/2022
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  • 1.03 MB

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Trends in Community College Education: Enrollment, Prices, Student Aid, and Debt Levels (June 2011)

This brief focuses on different aspects of a community college education, and why demand for this postsecondary education opportunity is growing.

  • Current as of 2/3/2022
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  • 1 MB

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Trends in For-Profit Postsecondary Education: Enrollment, Prices, Student Aid and Outcomes (April 2011)

This policy brief provides data on enrollments, prices, student characteristics, student aid, and completion rates at for-profit postsecondary institutions.

  • Current as of 2/3/2022
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  • 1.02 MB

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Tuition Discounting: Institutional Aid Patterns at Public and Private Colleges and Universities, 2000-01 to 2008-09 (Sept 2010)

This report details trends and institutional patterns of financial aid distribution and changes in the average discount rate over time.

  • Current as of 2/3/2022
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  • 3.17 MB

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Tuition Discounting: Institutional Aid Patterns at Public and Private Colleges and Universities (Sept 2010)

This brief highlights trends and institutional patterns of financial aid distribution and changes in the average tuition discount rate over time.

  • Current as of 2/3/2022
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  • 1015.33 KB

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Who Borrows Most? Bachelor's Degree Recipients with High Levels of Student Debt (April 2010)

This policy brief focuses on a percentage of 2007-08 bachelor’s degree recipients who graduated with more than $30,5001 in education debt and details the prevalence of high debt levels among bachelor’s degree recipients by sector, race/ethnicity, dependency status and income.

  • Current as of 2/3/2022
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  • 898.48 KB

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Paying for College: Students from Middle-Income Backgrounds (2010)

This document highlights trends in students from middle-income backgrounds compared to other income groups, and its relationship to how these different income groups pay for college.

  • Current as of 2/3/2022
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  • 1.14 MB