EPIGraph

All EPIGraphs are provided by clicking on the following categories, or in chronological order below.

College Costs & Affordability	International & Comparative Education
College Readiness & Access	K-12 Education & School Systems
Educational Attainment	Labor Market Outcomes & ROI
Enrollment & Student Pathways	Persistence, Retention & Graduation
Financial Aid & FAFSA	Student Debt & Borrowing
Institutions, Rankings & Systems	Student Demographics & Equity

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

2026

Job Growth by Occupational Category, 2025 to 2035 (BLS) (September 25, 2026)
Fall Enrollment by Sector and Race/Ethnicity (2022) (August 19, 2026)
Percent of High School Students Who Complete the FAFSA (2025) (July 29, 2026)
The Decline of International Students at US Colleges and Universities (July 23 2026)
College Costs and Student Debt at US Institutions of Higher Education, 2024 (June 29, 2026)
The NBA, the NCAA, and Educational Opportunity (June 15, 2026)
Published Tuition and Fees vs. Net Tuition and Fees, Four-Year Public and Private (NP) Institutions, 2010-11 to 2025-26 (in 2025 dollars) (June 3, 2026)
Historical Enrollment in Higher Education (US) – 1870 to 2020 (May 21, 2026)
Wealth Distribution in the US – Why it Matters — Mean Family Income, 1994 to 2024 (May 12, 2026)
Tuition and Fee Charges Versus Inflation at Public and Private Four-Year Colleges (1987 to 2025) (May 5, 2026)
Average cost of attendance (COA) at four-year institutions, 2024–25 (April 27, 2026)
Percent of Population Who are Under the Poverty Level (2025) (April 15, 2026)
Percent of Students Who Score Above Average on the NAEP Mathematics Assessment, by Race/Ethnicity and SES (2024) (March 31, 2026
EPIGraph – Distribution of people age 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher (March 26, 2026)
College Readiness of High School Graduates, 2018-2023 (ACT) (March 20, 2026)
Expected Family Contribution (2020) (March 2, 2026)

2025

Literacy Rates by Country (2023) (December 8, 2025)
Running Out of Money – Financial Issues for College Students (December 2, 2025)
Food Insecurities Among College Students, 2020 (November 26, 2025)
Median Annual Earnings of 25- to 34-Year-Olds With a Bachelor’s or Higher Degree, by Gender and Race/Ethnicity, 2022 (November 21, 2025)
Number of US Higher Education Institutions, 1870 to 2020 (October 27, 2025)
Completion and Persistence Rates for 2019 FTIC 2-Year Students Three Years Later (2022) (October 20, 2025)
Median annual earnings of full-time year-round workers 25-to-34 years old by educational attainment (1995 to 2020) (October 13, 2025)
Time to degree for first-time bachelor’s degree recipients, 2017 (October 8, 2025)
Percent of 2024 ACT-Tested High School Graduates Meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmarks by Race/Ethnicity and Subject (September 29, 2025)
Six-Year Completion Rates by Starting Institution Type: 2006 – 2016 Entering Cohorts (September 23, 2025)
Total published tuition, fee room, and board (TFRB) charges versus net TFRB at colleges and universities, by institution type, 2006-07 to 2024-25. (September 16, 2025)
Six-year graduation rates for students who started full-time, first-time at a four-year institution, by race/ethnicity (2017 cohort) (September 9, 2025)
Percentage of 2024 High School Graduates Who Directly Matriculated to Postsecondary Education Following Graduation (September 2, 2025)
Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, 19 60 to 2030 (August 25, 2025)
Cumulative amount borrowed for undergrad (average) for students who borrowed (2020), by dependence status (August 18, 2025)

2019

First-Time Degree-Seeking Students as a Percentage of High School Graduates, by State (2017) (April 4, 2019)
PSE Enrollment as a Percentage of Total Population, by State (2017) (March 25, 2019)
Higher Education Enrollment by Gender, 1970 to 2025 (March 20, 2019)
Tertiary Attainment by Country (2014) (March 6, 2019)
Who Receives Financial Aid? (2016-17) (February 28, 2019)
Dual Enrollment Participation (February 7, 2019)
ACT High School College and Career Readiness, 2018 (January 17, 2019)
Median Caseload per School Counselor, by High School Type, 2009 (January 14, 2019)
Total Student Loan Balances by Age Group, 2013 to 2017 (January 4, 2019)

2018

Why Students Did Not Complete the FAFSA (December 26, 2018)
Student Loan Borrowers by Age, 2017 (December 20, 2018)
Six-Year Graduation Rates for Students at Four-Year Institutions by Type of Aid Received (2011-12 Cohort by 2017-18) (December 13, 2018)
Employment and Enrollment Status of BA Grads Four-Years Later (December 6, 2018)
Persistence and Retention Rates for Students at Four-Year Public and Private Not-for-Profit Institutions, 2016-2017 (November 20, 2018)
Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by Race/Ethnicity (November 8, 2018)
Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level of institution (November 2, 2018)
Percentage of College-Age Population Submitting a FAFSA (2006-07 to 2013-14) (October 24, 2018)
Numeracy Proficiency of US Adults (ages 16-65), 2012/14 (October 12, 2018)
Literacy of US Adults (ages 16-65), 2012/14 (September 27, 2018)
How Old Are College Students? (2015) (September 20, 2018)
Age of First-Time College Students at Entry, 2011 (August 31, 2018)
Where Students Go Part II: The Distribution of Students in Higher Education by Race/Ethnicity and Institution Type (2016) (August 24, 2018)
Where Students Go: The Distribution of Students in Higher Education by Race/Ethnicity and Institution Type (2016) (August 1, 2018)
Outstanding Debt Four Years After BA Graduation (2008-2012) (July 26, 2018)
Salaries of Bachelor’s Degree Graduates in the Workforce (June 21, 2018)
Expected Family Contributions (EFC) for Undergraduate Students (2016) (June 14, 2018)
US Institutions of Higher Education, 2017-18 (June 7, 2018)
Do Transfer Students Graduate? (May 15, 2018)
When do BA Grads Graduate? (March 6, 2018)
Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity, 1976 through 2016 (February 14, 2018)
Postsecondary Matriculation Rates for 9th Grade Students Three Years After Scheduled High School Graduation (2009-2016) (February 2, 2018)
Trends in Net Price at Public and Private Four-Year Institutions, 1992-93 to 2043-44 (January 18, 2018)
Two-Year Comparison of Tuition, Fees, and Other Costs at Institutions of Higher Education (2014-15 to 2016-17) (January 10, 2018)

2017

Six-year graduation rates of degree-seeking students at four-year institutions, by gender and race/ethnicity (cohort year 2008) (October 25, 2017)
Number of Applications, Admissions, and Enrollments at Four-Year Title IV Institutions by Institution Type, Fall 2016 (October 19, 2017)
Historic and Projected Expenditures for Public School Students, 1989-90 to 2025-26 (October 5, 2017)
Adult Population with Non-Degree Credentials (2016) (September 20, 2017)
Cost of Attendance 2016-17 at Four-Year Institutions (July 26, 2017)
Selectivity and Earnings from a Higher Education (July 21, 2017)
Postsecondary Attainment in the United States (June 28, 2017)
Percentage of undergraduate students who would change at least one education decision, by student loan debt (June 2, 2017)
How Many Years of Education do People 25 Years and Older Have? 1960 to 2015 (May 25, 2017)
How Much does Extra Time Improve Graduation Rates? (May 17, 2017)
How Much Did College Students Borrow and Owe? (May 3, 2017)
How Many College Students Borrow and Have Loan Debt? (April 26, 2017)
How the US Department of Education Spent its Funds in FY 2017 (April 5, 2017)
Average Cost of Attendance (COA), Grant/Scholarship Aid, and Net Cost for Full-Time, Degree-Seeking Students at Four-Year Institutions (Title IV), by Family Income, 2014-15 (March 22, 2017)
Tuition Versus Total Revenue in Public Higher Education, 1990-2015 (March 15, 2017)
Six-Year Graduation Rates at Four-Year Institutions, 2009-15 (March 1, 2017)
College Readiness by Race/Ethnicity, 2016 (February 24, 2017)
How Federal Funds are Used in Public Schools, FY 2014 (February 15, 2017)
Percent of Undergraduate Students Who Received Federal Student Loans, 1989-90 to 2011-12 (February 8, 2017)
Remedial Coursetaking for Public Two-Year Students (2003-09) (February 1, 2017)
Homeschooling in the United States (January 25, 2017)
PISA 2015 Rankings — Problem Solving (January 11, 2017)

2016

PISA 2015 Rankings — The US Versus the World (December 16, 2016)
Enrollment at US Institutions of Higher Education, 1965 to 2025 (December 9, 2016)
Graduation and Default Rates at Four-Year Institutions, by State, 2014-15 (November 21, 2016)
Median Earnings by Educational Attainment, 2007 and 2015 (October 21, 2016)
Actual and projected numbers for total first-time freshmen fall enrollment in all degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex: Fall 1999 through fall 2024 (October 5, 2016)
Changes in Pell Grant Participation and Median Family Income of Recipients, 1999-00 to 2011-12 (September 21, 2016)
Poverty Rates by Age: 1959 to 2015 (September 14, 2016)
Remedial Coursetaking for Public Four-Year Students (2003-09) (September 8, 2016)
Distribution of Borrowers by Debt Balance, 2014 (September 1, 2016)
Average Mathematics Literacy Scores of 15-Year-Old Students, by Country (2012 (August 10, 2016)
Students Who Do Not Apply for Federal Financial Aid and Why (August 4, 2016)
Persistence and attainment status of 2003–04 beginning postsecondary students after 6 years, by initial credential level: 2009 (July 27, 2016)
The Percentage of People in Poverty is Decreasing (July 21, 2016)
Who is Poor in America? (July 13, 2016)
Where Children Come From (June 8, 2016)
Voting With Their Feet: Where Pell Funds Go (June 2, 2016)
Show Me the Money: A Look at College Revenues (May 18, 2016)
Are College Students Non-Traditional? Enrollment by Age Group, 1970 to 2023 (Projected) (April 20, 2016)
Median annual earnings of full-time year-round workers 25 to 34 years old, by educational attainment: 1995 to 2013 (April 7, 2016)
Highest Level of Educational Attainment for US Adults, by Selected Age Groups, 2012/14 (March 17, 2016)
Average Net Cost of a Four-Year Public Institution by Median Family Income quartile, and median household income, 1999-2000 to 2011-12 (March 9, 2016)
Is College Worth it? This is What Graduates Say (February 26, 2016)
Published Versus Net Tuition, Fees, and Room & Board Prices at Four-Year Not-for-Profit and Public Universities in the United States, 2015-16 (in 2015 dollars) (February 17, 2016)
Published Tuition, Fees, and Room & Board Prices at Four-Year Not-for-Profit and Public Universities in the United States, 2015-16 (in 2015 dollars) (February 11, 2016)
Three-Year Graduation Rates at Two-Year Institutions by Race/Ethnicity, 2011 to 2014 (February 5, 2016)
Six-Year Graduation Rates at Four-Year Institutions by Race/Ethnicity, 2008 to 2014 (January 6, 2016)

2015

Too Many Left Behind: US Public High School Graduation Rates, 2013-14 (December 17, 2015)
Undergraduate Students with Zero Expected Family Contribution (EFC), 2012 (December 9, 2015)
Education Attainment of US Individuals by Age Bracket (2014) (December 2, 2015)
Distribution of Top-Ranked Universities (October 14, 2015)
Automotive Deaths by Level of Education (October 1, 2015)
The Growth of Higher Education, 1869-70 to 2013-14 (September 23, 2015)
2015 SAT Scores by Race/Ethnicity (September 4, 2015)
Attainment of College and Career Readiness (July 22, 2015)
Canada’s Best Jobs 2015 (April 29, 2015)
Educational Attainment of the Population 25 and Over (April 22, 2015)
Taxes Paid by Education Attainment (April 15, 2015)
Work-Life Earnings by Educational Attainment (April 2, 2015)
Household Income Versus the SAT and GPA (January 14, 2015)
Title IV, Pell Grants, and Stafford Loans (January 9, 2015)

2014

Job Opportunities for Recent Ph.D.s (December 11, 2014)
Percentage of Young Adults in School, 1985 to 2012 (December 3, 2014)
Forecast for Tuition and Fee Charges (November 20, 2014)
Higher Education Enrollment (November 12, 2014)
Maximum and Average Pell Grant (November 6, 2014)
When Students Leave College (October 29, 2014)
Top Research Universities in the United States, 2010, by Funding Level (October 23, 2014)
Net Price: America’s Most Expensive Public Universities (October 16, 2014)
Earnings Gap by Gender fro BA Graduates (September 24, 2014)
Student Transfer in Higher Education (September 17, 2014)
US News & World Report Rankings (September 10, 2014)
A Massified System of Higher Education (September 3, 2014)
Underemployment of College Majors (August 27, 2014)
Employment of BA Graduates Four Years Ago (August 20, 2014)
New Job Hires 2014 (August 13, 2014)
Educational Attainment of 25-64 Year Olds by Country, 2011 (August 6, 2014)
College Debt at Four-Year Institutions (July 30, 2014)
Career and College Readiness (July 22, 2014)
Occupations by Degree: A Look at 2022 (July 15, 2014)

CATEGORIZED BY TOPIC

COLLEGE COSTS & AFFORDABILITY

COLLEGE READINESS & ACCESS

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Distribution of people age 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher (March 26, 2026)
Tertiary Attainment by Country, 2014 (March 6, 2019)
Adult Population with Non-Degree Credentials, 2016 (September 20, 2017)
Postsecondary Attainment in the United States (June 28, 2017)
How Many Years of Education do People 25 Years and Older Have?, 1960 to 2015 (May 25, 2017)
Highest Level of Educational Attainment for US Adults, by Selected Age Groups, 2012/14 (March 17, 2016)
Education Attainment of US Individuals by Age Bracket, 2014 (December 2, 2015)
Educational Attainment of the Population 25 and Over (April 22, 2015)
Educational Attainment of 25-64 Year Olds by Country, 2011 (August 6, 2014)

ENROLLMENT & STUDENT PATHWAYS

FINANCIAL AID & FAFSA

INSTITUTIONS, RANKINGS & SYSTEMS

INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE EDUCATION

K-12 EDUCATION & SCHOOL SYSTEMS

Median Caseload per School Counselor, by High School Type, 2009 (January 14, 2019)
Historic and Projected Expenditures for Public School Students, 1989-90 to 2025-26 (October 5, 2017)
How Federal Funds are Used in Public Schools, FY 2014 (February 15, 2017)
Homeschooling in the United States (January 25, 2017)

LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES & ROI

PERSISTENCE, RETENTION & GRADUATION

STUDENT DEBT & BORROWING

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS & EQUITY

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