More Data Connection: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

Change in overall postsecondary enrollment between spring 2018 and spring 2019: -1.7% National Student Clearinghouse Research Center

Change at four-year private nonprofit institutions: +3.2% National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (The center attributes this increase largely to the recent conversion of a large for-profit institution to nonprofit status.)

Change at four-year for-profit institutions: -19.7% National Student Clearinghouse Research Center

Change at two-year public institutions: -3.4% National Student Clearinghouse Research Center

At four-year public institutions -0.9% National Student Clearinghouse Research Center

Median age in the U.S. in 2018: 38.2 U.S. Census Bureau

Median age in Maine, the “oldest” state in the country: 44.9 U.S. Census Bureau

Change in participation in high school sports in Maine from 2017-18 school year to 2018-19 school year: -4.5% National Federation of State High School Associations

Percentage of postsecondary education faculty in 2017 who were nonwhite: 24% Pew Research Center

Percentage of postsecondary education students in 2017 who were nonwhite: 45% Pew Research Center

Average starting salary of U.S. bachelor’s degree graduates from the college Class of 2018: $50,944 Summer 2019 Salary Survey report published by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

Increase over that posted by the Class of 2017: 1% Summer 2019 Salary Survey report published by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

Approximate number of UMass Boston students who voted to hike their mandatory student activity fee by $20 a semester with the directive that the money be used to reduce by 50% the cost of an MBTA pass for unlimited bus and subway rides: 10,000 Commonwealth magazine

Number of students who were able to take advantage of the 50% discount before the money raised by the fee ran out: 1,000 Commonwealth magazine

Number of New England college campuses among the 25 most transit-friendly in the U.S., including public transit, carsharing, bikesharing, and hailed ridesharing services: 5 TransitScreen (Harvard University, Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, Brown University)