https://github.com/crypdick/college-outcomes
https://github.com/crypdick/college-outcomes
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- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/crypdick/college-outcomes
- Owner: crypdick
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2017-10-24T19:33:10.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-11-07T20:36:32.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-08-02T13:25:18.205Z (11 months ago)
- Language: HTML
- Size: 3.99 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 7
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# college-outcomes
# Data
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/
Official report: [Using Federal Data to Measure and Improve the Performance of US Institutions](https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/assets/UsingFederalDataToMeasureAndImprovePerformance.pdf)
See also: the dictionary in the Data/ folder
Use fread from data.read table in R
Income after graduation, look at info differences relative to input (of before coming into college)
Format
Rmarkdown, html, pdf report
Guide for weighting it
Post-processed data file
Reproducible from info in the folder
# Variables
Region
Admission rate
SAT score
ACT score
Majors
Degree types (one-year certificate, associate, award of more than two less than four years, bachelor, distance-education)
Race (white, black, hispanic, asian, american indian, native hawaiian, two or more races, non-resident aliens, etc.)
Work status: part time
Net price (for institutions)
Income level for students’ family
Year of institution
Faculty salary, full-time or not
Pell grant
Completion rate
Adjusted cohort count
Death
Transfer
dependent or independent student
Gender of student
Withdrawal rate
Federal loan
First-generation students or not
# Questions
Who completed within 4 years at original institution, men or women
FEMALE_COMP_ORIG_YR4_RT
MALE_COMP_ORIG_YR4_RT
Compare ncf to other colleges
Compare average net price for different family income groups. (Who pays more for school) (net price for institutions? ~ Income level for students' family)
**NULL data**
Ask questions where we manipulate data (not a perfect x or y variable) combination of variables.
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