College decisions used to depend mostly on an institution’s academic reputation and its social life. Today, many other factors influence a prospective student’s thinking. We’ve gathered those into this interactive College Welcome Guide, to help you assess how receptive colleges are to students from a variety of backgrounds, and to map state laws that affect college students.
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The table below has data for more than 4,000 colleges and universities on enrollment and graduation rates by race and income, faculty demographics, freedom of speech climate, incidence of hate crimes and services for veterans and students with disabilities. It also shows students by age, gender and the proportion who are first in their families to go to college.
You can explore this data by clicking the buttons at the top of the table. After selecting a category, enter the name of a college or university in the search bar. The table resets when the data type is changed, so if you change the category, you need to enter the college name again.
Colored dots under some college names indicate whether the institution is religiously affiliated and/or serves a significant portion of particular types of students, including those who are Black, Hispanic, Asian-American and Indigenous. We also mark institutions that are in rural places or serve students from those areas. A key at the bottom of the table describes what each colored dot represents.
The map below shows laws and policies that affect students, across nine categories in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
You can explore categories by clicking on the buttons. (By default, the map shows which states restrict the teaching of critical race theory, or CRT, in higher education.) Click on any state to see additional information for…
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