Research Guides: Data Resources & Tools: Education

Education

Council of Graduate Schools
CGS is the only national organization in the United States that is dedicated solely to the advancement of graduate education and research. Access to reports on graduate school enrollment statistics.
General Social Survey
Contains a standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest since 1972 to facilitate time-trend studies as well as replication of earlier findings.
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
Institute of International Education
Open Doors, supported by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, is a comprehensive information resource on international students and scholars studying or teaching at higher education institutions in the United States, and U.S. students studying abroad for academic credit at their home colleges or universities.
National Center for Education Statistics
The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.

PolicyMap

Mapping and analytics tool for research related to social sciences, urban studies, housing, community development, public administration, public health, education, business and more. Also includes Claritas Prizm population segmentation data.

PUMS Data
The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files are a set of untabulated records about individual people or housing units.

State Statistics
Contains datasets covering critical social science statistics for the U.S., states, counties, cities, ZIP Codes, and Census Tracts. Access through the Oxy VPN when off campus.

Rankings of States and Estimates of School Statistics
The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education. Find access to reports detailing statistics about the American public school system.

Social Explorer

Online research and data mapping tool with Census data and demographic information.