Every number has a trail.

What it contributes

College identity, net price, completion, earnings, federal debt and repayment

ROI rule

Observed institution and program earnings plus clearly labeled price inputs can enter modeled ROI.

Official downloads · Institution methodology · Field methodology

What it contributes

12,827 award records and 54,588 delivery records matched to outcome profiles

ROI rule

Never enters ROI. It shows recent program activity, not the earnings cohort.

Completions file

What it contributes

Unduplicated college enrollment with undergraduate and graduate breakouts

ROI rule

Never enters ROI. It is a full-year activity measure, not a fall headcount.

Enrollment file

What it contributes

Whether a reported field and credential is offered through distance education

ROI rule

Never enters ROI. Older exact matches retain their older source year.

Program delivery file · Release memorandum

What it contributes

7,687 IPEDS-reported program-price records across 2,103 institutions, covering tuition, required fees, books and supplies

ROI rule

Used only when the exact reported program-price context is unambiguous; otherwise college-wide net price remains labeled as context.

IPEDS data center

What it contributes

3,612 college budgets with residency-specific tuition plus available books, housing, food and other-expense allowances

ROI rule

Displayed as sticker-price components. ROI continues to use the separately labeled institution-wide average net price.

IPEDS data center

What it contributes

Enrollment-mode records for 5,861 colleges, including 3,736 with complete online-course shares and 5,348 with age-25-plus undergraduate context

ROI rule

Describes how students attend. Never enters ROI or implies that a particular degree is available online.

IPEDS data center

What it contributes

Reported high-school student enrollment at 2,381 colleges

ROI rule

Participation context only. Never treated as college completion, postsecondary enrollment or ROI evidence.

IPEDS data center

What it contributes

State price-level context for goods, housing, utilities and other services across 50 states and Washington, D.C.

ROI rule

Never adjusts published earnings, college costs or ROI. Statewide price levels are shown only as geographic context.

BEA regional price parities

What it contributes

National and state occupational wages, growth and projected openings

ROI rule

Never enters graduate ROI. Occupational measures describe jobs, not graduates of a particular degree.

BLS wage tables · BLS projections

What it contributes

Independent field-level earnings trajectories plus 8,721 exact college, broad-field and credential matches for five-year industry destinations

ROI rule

Shown as separate longitudinal evidence and never substituted for Scorecard outcomes or used in ROI.

PSEO explorer

What it contributes

Exact program-level admissions, graduates, on-time graduation and first-time NCLEX rates

ROI rule

Never enters ROI. Native fiscal-year and calendar-year measures remain separately labeled.

Kansas Board packet

What it contributes

Exact program-level RN licensure results from 20 states, including Minnesota fiscal-year graduates, plus Massachusetts admissions and enrollment

ROI rule

Never enters ROI. Exam and activity results remain attached to the precise school and credential reported by the state board.

Arkansas · California · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Idaho · Indiana · Louisiana · Maryland · Massachusetts · Minnesota · New York · North Carolina · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · Texas · Virginia · Wisconsin

What it contributes

Track- and campus-level RN NCLEX pass rates for 30 exact institution-and-credential matches

ROI rule

Never enters ROI. Connecticut publishes rates without candidate counts, so counts remain unavailable.

Connecticut DPH results

What it contributes

First-time RN NCLEX candidate counts and pass rates for exact institution-and-credential matches

ROI rule

Never enters ROI. Candidate counts and rates remain licensing evidence; passed counts are not inferred.

Montana Board report