Colleges & Universities – Industry Analysis, Statistics, Trends, and Forecasts
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Industry Analysis, Statistics, Trends, and Forecasts
- Market size, product segments, and major markets
- Key industry statistics, trends, and financial ratios
- Operating conditions and current performance
- Competitive landscape and environment
- Major company profiles and market shares
- Five-year outlook and growth forecasts
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Private Colleges: Fact File
http://www.naicu.edu/
Fact file provides a snapshot of the U.S. nonprofit college and university sector, with topics covered in this section including student enrollment, number of institutions, student demographics, grant aid awards, Pell Grant awards, student-to-faculty ratio, student involvement in campus and community activities, nontraditional learning paths, impact of completion time on costs, and student loan levels.
National Center for Education Statistics
Digest of Education Statistics: Chapter 3 - Post-Secondary Education
https://nces.ed.gov/
Digest statistical tables provide detailed data on higher education institutions, with topics covered by the digest including enrollment rates, enrollment levels and characteristics, student demographics, faculty and staff levels and characteristics, faculty salaries and benefits, degrees conferred, trends in degrees by field, student graduation rates, and revenues and expenditures by type of institution.
BizMiner
Market Analysis
https://www.bizminer.com
Market analysis report provides industry statistics for a user-defined area on a national, state, county, metro area, or zip code level, with data provided including number of companies, market volume and sales trends, average company sales, sales per employee, staffing and employment trends, average employee wage, and business start up activity and failure rates. Sample report can be viewed online.
For more industry research reports and other resources, see the following resource guide.
Financial Statements and Financial Ratios
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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- Income and expenses in dollars and percentages
- Balance sheets in dollars and percentages
- Profitability and return on investment ratios
- Liquidity and working capital ratios
- Asset turnover and efficiency ratios
- Capital structure and debt service ratios
IBISWorld
Colleges & Universities
(see links for individual reports)
Financial benchmarking section of this report provides an analysis of industry income and expenses as a percentage of revenue by major category (e.g., purchases, wages, depreciation, marketing, rent, utilities, other costs, and earnings before interest and taxes) for the most recent year and line graphs indicating trends for each category over the past five years. Sample report can be viewed free online.
Compensation and Salary Surveys
American Association of University Professors
Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession
https://www.aaup.org/
Annual salary survey provides compensation data for full-time faculty members by academic degree and rank (e.g., professor, associate, assistant, instructor, lecturer, and none), type of institution (e.g., public, private, and religious), gender, and region, and also provides compensation data for selected senior administrative job positions and part-time faculty members and graduate teaching assistants.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Information resources available from this organization include:
Faculty Salaries
http://data.chronicle.com/
Free online database provides faculty salaries by college or university, state, type of institution (2-year,
4-year, public, private, and for-profit), and Carnegie classification for over 4,700
institutions, with salary data available by gender and academic rank (e.g., professor, associate professor,
assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, and no rank) on a nine-month-equivalent contract year basis for
the last 10 years.
Staff Salaries
http://data.chronicle.com/
Free online database provides full-time non-medical non-instructional staff salaries by institution, state,
type of institution (e.g., two-year, four-year, public, private, and for-profit),
and Carnegie classification for over 4,700 institutions, with salary data available
by Standard Occupational Classification Manual (SOC) occupational categories on a twelve-month-equivalent
contract year basis for the last 10 years.
National Center for Education Statistics
Digest of Education Statistics: Chapter 3 - Faculty Salaries and Benefits
https://nces.ed.gov/
Digest statistical tables provide average salaries and average benefits for full-time instructional faculty members on nine month contracts by gender, state, academic year, academic degree (e.g., doctoral, master's, and other), academic rank (e.g., professor, associate, assistant, instructor, lecturer, and no rank), and type of educational institution (e.g., 2-year, 4-year, public, private, nonprofit, and for-profit).
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