Level and Control of College Entered by State
of Residence for Recent High School Graduates, 1986 to 1998
This Excel workbook compiles data by state on the level (2-year/4-year) and control (public/private) of institutions entered by recent high school graduates. Data were collected and published by the National Center for Education Statistics for 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1998. 9/15/2001

Employment Status of High School and College Students, 1987 to 2000
This Excel workbook contains worksheets with data on the employment status of high school and college students.
Demographic classifications include age, gender (male, female) and race/ethnicity (white, black, Hispanics, non-Hispanic white). Enrollment and employment classifications include level (high school, college), college level (2-year, 4-year), enrollment status (full-time, part-time) and employment status (full-time, part-time). These spreadsheets compile and summarize data collected by the Census Bureau in the October Current Population Survey. These data are eventually published in the P20 series of Current Population Reports in the School Enrollments series. 6/15/2001

Chance for College for Students from Low Income Families by State, FY1992 to FY1998
This Excel workbook provides the data used by OPPORTUNITY to calculate the proportion of each state's low income students in grades 4 to 9 who reach college by ages 18 to 24.
The ratios for each state and year are of the number of dependent Pell Grant recipients by sate of residence divided by the proportion of public school 4th ot 9th grade students nine years earlier who were approved for free or reduced-price school lunches. The input data are unpublished. Some data are extrapolated. 6/23/2000

Institutional Graduation Rate for 1985 Entering Cohorts
These data were developed from a research file at UCLA's Higher Education research Institute. The research file used a sample of fall 1985 first-time freshmen that were followed up at 4, 6 and 9 years after enrollment to determine graduation status.
From this file institutional graduation rates were constructed for Pell Grant recipients (students from low income families) and students who were not Pell Grant recipients (higher family income backgrounds). Controls were student SAT scores and institutional admissions selectivity. The results of the analysis of these data are reported in the January 2000 issue of OPPORTUNITY. 1/30/2000

Unmet Financial Need of Undergraduate Students
These spreadsheets refelct analyses of costs of attendance, expected family contribution, financial need, financial aid and unmet (or overmet) financial need by family income level for full-time, full-year dependent and independent undergraduate students.
Three data sets are summarized here: 1) the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study for the 1995-96, 2) New Mexico's unit record tabulations for the 1997-98 academic year, and 3) Colorado's unit record tabulations for the 1997-98 academic year. These spreadsheets provide the bases for the analysis reported in the October 1999 issue of OPPORTUNITY (Issue #88). 7/21/1999

1996 - 1997 Financial Aid by Program and State
This Excel spreadsheet summarizes federal, state and institutional aid awarded to students for the 1996-97 academic year by source, program and state. The pages include dollars awarded, students served and average awards. 6/13/1998