Uniform College Statistics

Parents Forum
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<p>I know this has been posted here before but what is the website where I can find statistics on different colleges (so that I can compare them)? I am particularly interested in dropout rates for admitted students. I thought there was something called "Uniform statistics" but I must be remembering wrong.</p>

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<p>Usually there is a % for students graduating in 4 yrs, and for students graduating in 6 yrs. There is also a Freshman retention rate. Usually there is not a dropout rate posted. Look for the Common Data Sets.</p>

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<p>Yes. The common data sets. This sounds familiar. I will google that.</p>

<p>I forgot to say thank you.</p>

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<p>There is a HUGE thread here on College Confidential directing readers to many of those links. </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/76444-links-common-data-sets-posted-colleges.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/76444-links-common-data-sets-posted-colleges.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I like the college section at collegeboard.com. It contains most information of the common data set and it is a lot easier to navigate.</p>

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<p>Another good source for this information is the College Navigator website operated by the National Center for Education Statistics:</p>

<p>College</a> Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics</p>

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<p>In addition to the College Navigator site, this site is also useful for comparing colleges: EdTrust</a> - College Results Online It uses the same data source as College Navigator (government collected data) but allows you to generate more detailed and individual reports.</p>

<p>If you're looking for data strictly on private colleges, try this site: U-CAN:University</a> and College Accountability Network - U-CAN Profiles It is a series of uniform profiles of independent colleges, created using the data from their common data sets, that make comparisons easier.</p>

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<p>I got most of my early information from a combination of petersons.com and princetonreview.com.</p>

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<p>There's a new website called UCan. U-CAN:University</a> and College Accountability Network - Free. Easy.. It has info on nearly 1000 private colleges. They might include publics at some future date. It was set up as a non-profit to provide people an alternative to the USNWR Rankings that still provides easily comparable data.</p>