Reports & Analytics

Data stories from higher education.

Interactive dashboards and visualizations exploring enrollment trends, research funding, and institutional change.

National Enrollment Trends

Total U.S. higher education enrollment from 2015–2024, using IPEDS data. Shows the COVID-era contraction and the recovery beginning in 2022.

IPEDS Enrollment National Trends
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U.S. higher education enrollment by year, 2015–2024 (IPEDS)
Year Students Enrolled
201519,795,187
201619,840,574
201719,827,945
201819,860,117
201919,915,994
202019,410,189
202119,103,393
202219,149,864
202319,702,400
202420,357,226

Research Funding Trends

Federal research funding, institutional growth, sponsor distribution, and long-term trends across research universities.

NSF NIH Research In Progress

College Closures & Mergers

Institutional closures, mergers, demographic pressures, financial challenges, and geographic trends within higher education.

Closures Finance Higher Ed In Progress