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Get the Facts About Private Higher Education
The nation's 1,700 private, nonprofit colleges and universities enroll more than 5.2 million students in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The private, nonprofit higher education sector is highly diverse, including major research universities, church-related colleges, historically black colleges, art and design colleges, traditional liberal arts and science institutions, women's colleges, two-year colleges, and schools of law, medicine, engineering, business, and other professions. Below are links to research that describes the private college sector:
Information and Analysis on Issues That Impact Higher Education
To support its members, and meet organizational goals, NAICU tracks campus trends, conducts research, analyzes issues, and publishes information that provides a snapshot of America's private, nonprofit colleges and universities.
Students across the nation benefit from numerous federal student aid programs. Each year, NAICU compiles the data on the number of awards and total dollar amounts for each federal program, including: Pell Grants, campus-based programs (SEOG, Federal Work-Study, and Perkins Loans), and federal loan programs. The data is then published by state and by congressional district. Data are for students at all institutions of higher education (public, private nonprofit, for-profit; four-year, two-year, and less than two-year) in the state that participate in the federal student aid programs. NAICU members can request institutional level data.
Find federal student aid awarded by State and by Congressional District.
A data-rich snapshot of America's more than 1,700 private, nonprofit colleges and universities.
Links to NAICU research projects of interest to the private, nonprofit higher education community.
NAICU presents an overview of the IPEDs system as well as guidance on data collection and submission.
View links to research reports from a variety of sources useful to higher education researchers.
View links to a variety of data sources useful to higher education researchers.
Find NAICU overviews and guidance to the array of U.S. Department of Education online tools and websites.