The data in colleges-bordering-mn.csv contains institutional data for 104 colleges and universities in the five state area (MN, IA, WI, ND, and SD). These data were collected by the Department of Education for the 2013 College Score Card. The variables are:

  • name: Name of college/university
  • tuition_in_state: In-state tuition and fees
  • tuition_out_state: Out-of-state tuition and fees
  • state: State postal abbreviation (IA = Iowa, MN = Minnesota, ND = North Dakota, SD = South Dakota, WI = Wisconsin)
  • public: Dummy-coded variable indicating educational sector (1 = public school, 0 = private school)
  • main: Dummy-coded variable indicating whether the campus is the school’s main campus? (1 = yes, 0 = no)
  • admission: Admission rate
  • act75: 75th percentile of the ACT cumulative scores
  • avg_fac_salary: Average faculty salary (per month)
  • completion: Four-year completion rate for first-time, full-time students
  • pct_pell: Percentage of undergraduates who receive a Pell grant

Preview

# A tibble: 6 x 11
  name  tuition_in_state tuition_out_sta… state public  main admission
  <chr>            <dbl>            <dbl> <chr>  <dbl> <dbl>     <dbl>
1 Buen…            29448            29448 IA         0     1     0.696
2 Cent…            30700            30700 IA         0     1     0.658
3 Clar…            28000            28000 IA         0     1     0.775
4 Coe …            35730            35730 IA         0     1     0.617
5 Corn…            36430            36430 IA         0     1     0.641
6 Dord…            26540            26540 IA         0     1     0.754
# … with 4 more variables: act75 <dbl>, avg_fac_salary <dbl>,
#   completion <dbl>, pct_pell <dbl>

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