Notes and Data Sources

1. These data are collected from sources listed below and are only a sample of data that are important when looking at college outcomes in the region. It is widely understood that these publicly reported data, while useful for comparing institutions on a number of metrics, are often inadequate in presenting a comprehensive picture of all of the students served by these institutions. For example, IPEDs, the largest national source for much of the data reported here, is limited to calculating graduation rates only for first-time, full-time students in a given college. In some institutions, that is the majority of students, but in many colleges - often those that serve larger percentages of low-income, first generation college goers, and students of color - this represents a smaller portion of their entire student body. Future efforts of the PCC intend to improve and expand existing measures in partnership with colleges.
   
   * View overall data set online here.
   
   
2. Note on Pell grant recipients:In 2010–2011, 74 percent of Pell Grant recipients had family incomes of $30,000 or less.
   According to the College Board, about two-thirds of dependent undergraduates with family incomes below $30,000 received Pell Grants in 2007–08, compared with fewer than one percent of dependent undergraduates with family incomes exceeding $60,000.
3. College Navigator | National Center for Education Statistics (2017 data)  https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/
   Size of undergraduate population; percentage of freshmen receiving Pell grants; 2-year and 3-year associate graduation rate (2014 cohort); 4-year and 6-year bachelor's graduation rate (2011 cohort); 150% time graduation rates by ethnicity   
   College Navigator consists primarily of the latest data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the core postsecondary education data collection program for NCES – the National Center for Education Statistics.
4. College Results Online | The Education Trust (2013-14 data) http:/www.collegeresults.org/
   Median debt of completers
5. IPEDS Data Center (2016-2017 data) https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/InstitutionList.aspx
   Pell recipient 150% graduation rate (2013 cohort for 2-year; 2010 cohort for 4-year)
6. Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) http://www.isac.org/e-library/research-policy-analysis/data-book/documents/2017-data-book/Table2.3b.pdf
   Total number of MAP awards given at the college
7. Barron's Selectivity Rating, http://www.barronspac.com
   College selectivity category.
8. US Department of Education https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/idues/hsidivision.html
   Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) designation.