Colorado School of Mines
- Career CenterIncludes placement rates, job outlooks, industry trends, potential employers.
- Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP)Minority Student Enrollment Trends
State of Colorado
- Colorado Education StatisticsFocus on K-12 education; includes graduation rates.
- College WebsitesLists at Colorado Department of Higher Education
Organizations and Publications
- Annual "Trends" articles in industry journals, for example Chemical & Engineering News "Trends in Academic R&D Spending."
- Theme articles in higher ed journals, for example the Chronicle of Higher Education's: "A new standard of measuring doctoral programs" (1/13/07, A8-A13).
- State agency websites on higher education statistics, particularly on student demographics and graduation rates.
- University websites, which may include budget, enrollment, and faculty or student demographics.
National Statistics and Data
- Chronicle of Higher Education Facts and FiguresIncludes faculty productivity. Note: Subscription required for full text access
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)From the National Science Foundation (NSF).
- IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System)Admissions, tuition rates and financial aid, enrollment, demographics, graduation rates.
- Nation's Report CardStatistics from National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) project.
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)From the National Science Foundation (NSF).
- National Education AssociationStatistics for public K-12 schools
- Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF Division of Science Resources StatisticsBudget, student and faculty demographics.
- Open Doors Online, Institute of International EducationData on foreign students in the US and US students studying abroad.
- Pew | Internet & TechnologyA project of the Pew Research Center, provides data sets of internet and technology use since 2000.
- Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF Division of Science Resources StatisticsBudget, student and faculty demographics.
- NCSES Survey Data This link opens in a new window
NSF's statistical data portal for science and engineering at U.S. academic institutions.
Educational Rankings
Various methodologies have been developed to rank institutions of higher education. The following include a few of the major systems as well as overviews about the systems.
- Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)Annual rankings published by the Center for World-Class Universities and the Institute of Higher Education of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Includes rankings for engineering and math programs.
- Carnegie ClassificationsFrom the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading framework for analyzing U.S. higher education institutions, with data back to 1970.
- Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)Nonpartisan, nonprofit organization focusing on student access to higher education. Publishes reports on issues with institutional ranking.
- Times Higher Education (THE)International ranking system for universities. Includes the top 50 universities for engineering and IT. As of 2010, rankings are based on the Global Institutional Profiles Project, launched by Thomson Reuters.
- U.S. News & World Report RankingsPre-eminent U.S. system. Includes engineering schools. Requires subscription access for full content.