public.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 public.csv are the $N=71$ public institutions from the original 230 randomly sampled institutions drawn from the 2020–21 data (see here).

The attributes included in the data are:

name: Name of institution of higher education
state: Two-letter U.S. state abbreviation indicating the location of the institution
region: Region of the U.S. in which the institution is located
inst_type: Type of institution (Two-year undergraduate, Four-year undergraduate, Exclusively graduate/professional)
control: Institutional control (Private, Public)
for_profit: Is the institution a for-profit institution? (No, Yes)
adm_rate: Admission rate indicating proportion of students who applied that are admitted to the institution
undergrads: Number of enrolled undergraduate certificate/degree-seeking students at the institution
mdn_debt: Median amount of debt after graduation for undergraduate borrowers who complete their degree
mdn_earn: Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry

Preview

# Load library
library(tidyverse)

# Import data
public_colleges = read_csv(file = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zief0002/epsy-5261/main/data/public.csv")

# View data
public_colleges

# A tibble: 71 × 10
   name                                     state region         
   <chr>                                    <chr> <chr>          
 1 Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College     GA    Southeast      
 2 Ball State University                    IN    Great Lakes    
 3 Binghamton University                    NY    Mid East       
 4 California State University-Chico        CA    Far West       
 5 California State University-Monterey Bay CA    Far West       
 6 California State University-San Marcos   CA    Far West       
 7 Central Connecticut State University     CT    New England    
 8 Central State University                 OH    Great Lakes    
 9 Clemson University                       SC    Southeast      
10 Colorado State University-Fort Collins   CO    Rocky Mountains
   inst_type               control for_profit adm_rate undergrads mdn_debt
   <chr>                   <chr>   <chr>         <dbl>      <dbl>    <dbl>
 1 Four-year undergraduate Public  No            0.760       3546    17500
 2 Four-year undergraduate Public  No            0.870      15171    23250
 3 Four-year undergraduate Public  No            0.430      14300    18750
 4 Four-year undergraduate Public  No            0.902      15689    16931
 5 Four-year undergraduate Public  No            0.856       6456    13750
 6 Four-year undergraduate Public  No            0.794      15016    17134
 7 Four-year undergraduate Public  No            0.648       8402    22000
 8 Four-year undergraduate Public  No            0.580       4009    31000
 9 Four-year undergraduate Public  No            0.619      20796    21500
10 Four-year undergraduate Public  No            0.835      23332    20500
   mdn_earn
      <dbl>
 1    32130
 2    45934
 3    72980
 4    56270
 5    53190
 6    54811
 7    52515
 8    31922
 9    63857
10    54983
# ℹ 61 more rows

References

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