Happy Thanksgiving everyone. This seems appropriate for the moment. Exhibit 1. Percent of college students who are food insecure, by…
In 2022, the median earnings of college graduates with a bachelor’s degree or higher was $67,630 (in 2022 dollars). The…
This EPIGraph provides a snapshot from the upcoming EPICenter—Historical Trends in Higher Education—to be released in November 2025 by EPI.…
This EPIGraph looks at two-year, first time in college students who started in fall 2019 and what happened to them…
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 1996 through 2022. Prepared…
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (2019). Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B:16/17): A First Look at the…
SOURCE: 2024 ACT National Profile Report. https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/2024-act-national-graduating-class-profile-report.pdf. Downloaded and prepared by EPI September 29, 2025. The Educational Policy Institute is…
SOURCE: Causey, J., Lee, S., Ryu, M., Scheetz, A., & Shapiro, D. (Nov 2022), Completing College: National and State Report…
SOURCE: College Board, Annual Survey of Colleges; NCES, IPEDS Student Financial Aid data. Downloaded and prepared by EPI September 15,…
Two-thirds (64.5 percent) of entering four-year, degree-seeking students graduate within six years, equivalent to 150 percent of standard time. This…