midwest-college-scorecard.csv

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) collects and publishes data on institutions of higher education in their College Scorecard. The data provided in the College Scorecard facilitate transparency and provide information for interested stakeholders (e.g., parents, students, educators). The data in midwest-college-scorecard.csv include information on 92 institutions from Minnesota and its adjacent states (Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) drawn from the 2020–21 data.

The attributes included inthe data are:

institution: Name of institution of higher education
control: Institutional control (Private nonprofit, Private for-profit, or Public)
state: Two-letter U.S. state abbreviation indicating the location of the institution
admission_rate: Admission rate indicating proportion of students who applied that are admitted to the institution
act: The 75th percentile ACT composite score at the institution. The composite score is composed of items from the English, mathematics, reading, science sections.
debt_all: Median amount of debt (loan principle when entering repayment) for all undergraduate borrowers
debt_grads: Median amount of debt after graduation for undergraduate borrowers who complete their degree
earnings: Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry
completion_rate: The 6-year completion rate for first-time, full-time students at the institution

Preview

# Import data
library(tidyverse)
colleges = read_csv(file = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zief0002/epsy-5261/main/data/midwest-college-scorecard.csv")

# View data
colleges

References

U.S. Department of Education. (2023). College Scorecard data.