Online Statistical Information for the UNC Law Community

[Available to UNC faculty, students, and staff] Data Planet Statistical Datasets provides easy access to an extensive repository of standardized and structured statistical data. The over 12.6 billion datasets in Data Planet provide immediate access to data presented in charts, maps, graphs, and table form, via multiple points of entry. Data comes from more than 70 U.S. and international sources including Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China Data Institute, Deutsche Borse Group, European Commission, the World Bank, and more. The site allows for searching by subject and subjects covered by the data include education. The time period covered varies.

This site has education data by state for elementary/secondary education characteristics and finance, postsecondary education, public libraries, assessments, and selected demographics. Up to four states can be compared, and states can also be compared with the United States average. Results can be graphed.

The NCES is a federal entity that collects education data. Its website contains all kinds of data on all types of schools, including colleges. Statistics are grouped under Publications & Products, Surveys & Programs, Data & Tools, Fast Facts, School Search, and News & Events.

[Available to UNC faculty, students, and staff] Provides web-based access to United States Census data from 1790 to the present, and to other U.S. and international data, with the ability to make tables and interactive maps easily or export data for analysis. U.S school data includes the most commonly used variables and geographies.

Provides links to other government sites with data & statistics on education, including the National Center for Education Statistics, What Works Clearinghouse, the Nation's Report Card, education data sets from Data.gov, and miscellaneous government pages with education data.

This web page contains two-year reports for the NC public education system that sometimes contain statistics.

CEDARS is North Carolina's PreK-13 State Longitudinal Data System. The system is composed of various DPI source data collection systems, a student and staff identification system, a centralized data repository, and associated reporting and analysis tools.

This website has statistics for North Carolina home schools and private schools.

This tool provides facts about hot the $15 billion that funds the state’s public schools is spent at the state and local level and whether the funds are spent by a school district or a charter school. Information is provided through numerous charts and tables. A more analytic section is provided for those who prefer a more detailed view of the data.

This web site has annual statistical reports for the North Carolina Community College System by academic year, dating back to the 2010-2011 academic year.

This web site hosts the Statistical Abstract of Higher Education in North Carolina, which contains annual statistics for public, private, community, and Bible colleges and universities. The statistics available on the web site date back to 1967-1968.