Facts and Figures on U.S. Higher Education

  THE NATION: DEMOGRAPHICS

  Population: 257,908,000

  Age distribution:
    Up to 17 ........ 26.0%
    18 to 24 ........  9.9%
    25 to 44 ........ 32.1%
    45 and older .... 31.9%

  Racial and ethnic distribution:
    American Indian ...............  0.8%
    Asian .........................  2.9%
    Black ......................... 12.1%
    White ......................... 80.3%
    Other and unknown .............  3.9%
    Hispanic (see note below) .....  9.0%

  Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
    8th grade or less ................ 10.4%
    Some high school, no diploma ..... 14.4%
    High-school diploma .............. 30.0%
    Some college, no degree .......... 18.7%
    Associate degree .................  6.2%
    Bachelor's degree ................ 13.1%
    Graduate or professional degree ..  7.2%

  Proportion who speak a language
  other than English at home: 13.8%

  Per-capita personal income: $20,817

  Poverty rate:
    All ................. 13.1%
    Under age 18 ........ 18.3%
    Age 18 and older .... 11.3%

  New high-school graduates in:
    1994-95 (estimate) ........ 2,582,043
    2004-05 (estimate) ........ 3,039,708

  New GED diploma recipients: 468,781

  High-school dropout rate: 11.2%

  THE NATION: COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

  Higher education:
    Public 4-year institutions ....   600
    Public 2-year institutions .... 1,024
    Private 4-year institutions ... 1,569
    Private 2-year institutions ...   445
    Total ......................... 3,638

  Vocational institutions: 6,961

  THE NATION: FACULTY MEMBERS

  Average pay of full-time professors

    Public universities:
      Professor ............ $63,452
      Associate professor .. $45,746
      Assistant professor .. $38,878
      All .................. $49,906

    Other public 4-year institutions:
      Professor ............ $55,642
      Associate professor .. $43,622
      Assistant professor .. $36,226
      All .................. $44,212

    Private universities:
      Professor ............ $76,561
      Associate professor .. $51,654
      Assistant professor .. $43,686
      All .................. $59,005

    Other private four-year institutions:
      Professor ............ $52,283
      Associate professor .. $40,659
      Assistant professor .. $33,625
      All .................. $40,692

    2-year colleges:
      Public ............... $38,935
      Private .............. $26,105

  THE NATION: STUDENTS

  Enrollment:
    At public 4-year institutions ... 5,902,213
    At public 2-year institutions ... 5,485,512
    At private 4-year institutions .. 2,865,769
    At private 2-year institutions ..   237,732

    Undergraduate ........... 12,539,820
      First-time freshmen ...  2,185,959
    Graduate ................  1,670,024
    Professional ............    281,382

    American Indian .........    118,845
    Asian ...........    696,812
    Black ...................  1,393,483
    Hispanic ................    954,422
    White ................... 10,870,037
    Foreign .................    457,627
    Total ................... 14,491,226

  Enrollment highlights:
    Women .............. 55.0%
    Full-time .......... 56.3%
    Minority ........... 22.5%
    Foreign ............  3.2%

    10-year change in total enrollment ..... Up 16.6%

  Proportion of enrollment made up of minority students:
    At public 4-year institutions ..... 20.3%
    At public 2-year institutions ..... 26.6%
    At private 4-year institutions .... 18.7%
    At private 2-year institutions .... 27.4%

  Degrees awarded:
    Associate ......   504,231
    Bachelor's ..... 1,136,553
    Master's .......   352,838
    Doctorate ......    40,659
    Professional ...    74,146

  Test scores:
  Students averaged 20.7 on the ACT and 902 on the SAT

  Graduation rate at NCAA Division I institutions: 56%

  THE NATION: MONEY

  Average tuition and fees:
    At public 4-year institutions ....  $2,352
    At public 2-year institutions ....  $1,018
    At private 4-year institutions ... $10,393

  Expenditures:
    Public institutions .... $98,840,633,000
    Private institutions ... $57,371,563,000

  State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
    $40,775,516,000

  Two-year change: Up 2%

  State spending on student aid:
    Need-based ......... $2,222,989,000
    Non-need-based .....   $255,853,000
    Other ..............   $423,297,000

  Total spending on research and development by
  doctorate-granting universities: $18,504,707,000

  Sources:
    Federal government ............. 58.8%
    State and local governments.....  7.9%
    Industry .......................  6.8%
    The institution itself ......... 19.0%
    Other ..........................  7.5%

  Total federal spending on college- and university-based
  research and development: $10,863,940,000

  Selected programs:
    Department of Health and Human Services $5,785,765,000
    National Science Foundation ........... $1,604,094,000
    Department of Defense ................. $1,314,431,000
    Department of Agriculture .............   $464,577,000
    Department of Energy ..................   $642,160,000

  Sources and Notes

  The statistics provided here and in the Almanac are
  meant to provide a broad view of higher education in
  the 50 states and the District of Columbia and,
  in all cases, were the latest available when posted
  on September 1, 1994.

  The time covered by the statistics varies from item
  to item. For example, the racial and ethnic
  distribution of the adult population of the states was
  gathered from the decennial census in 1990.

  The U.S. Department of Education typically releases
  statistics from its surveys of colleges and universities
  one to three years after collecting the data. As a
  consequence, the latest figures on college finances
  cover 1991-92.

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Date: Tue, 15 NOV 1994 21:17:22 -0600 (CST) 
From: Burak Epir 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.turkish

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