The Arkansas Division of Higher Education serves as the administrative staff for the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The Division works closely with the public colleges and universities in Arkansas to promote higher education across the state.

Provides multi year statistics for individual institutions as well as institutional comparisons.

Comparisons of higher education institutions that are accredited and grant degrees based on a wide number of categories.

The CATC was designed by the U.S. Department of Education to provide better information to student and parent consumers about college costs. It serves as a central point to several tools that allow users to compare colleges tuition and fees, net price, and other characteristics.This site also accesses the College Scorecard.

The College Board Research and Psychometrics teams support the organizational mission of connecting students to college success and opportunity. Their research interests span academic preparation, career readiness, college access, admissions, affordability, collegiate outcomes, and education policy. Find data on SAT, AP, CLEP tests and more.

College Results Online (CRO) is an interactive Web tool designed to provide policymakers, counselors, parents, students, and others with information about college graduation rates for nearly any four-year college or university in the country. Allows you to compare data among institutions.

Grapevine is an annual compilation of data on state fiscal support for higher education. This is a project of the Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State University

The Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) is a national longitudinal study of the American higher education system. It is regarded as the most comprehensive source of information on college students. Includes the following data:
CIRP Freshman Survey Trends: 1966 to 2008
CIRP College Senior Survey Trends: 1994 to 2008
HERI Faculty Survey Trends: 1989 to 1998

Contains annual reports and data (2015-) supporting the following educational initiatives: 1) Report the status of higher education equity in the United States and identify changes over time in measures of equity; 2) Identify policies and practices that promote and hinder progress; and 3) Illustrate the need for increased support of policies, programs, and practices that not only improve overall attainment in higher education but also create greater equity in higher education opportunity and outcomes.

This contains links to student grant websites for each state.

Offers timely and accurate data and information that are relevant to higher education policy decisions

A comprehensive information resource on international students and scholars studying or teaching at higher education institutions in the United States, and U.S. students studying abroad for academic credit at their home colleges or universities.

Provides annual reports and data to enable analysis of state-level and national funding and enrollment trends over time.

The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is the primary advocacy organization for the nation’s community colleges

The Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) builds on this research and asks students about their college experiences — how they spend their time; what they feel they have gained from their classes; how they assess their relationships and interactions with faculty, counselors, and peers; what kinds of work they are challenged to do; how the college supports their learning; and so on. Survey information available from 2001

Provides data on research into Community Colleges. Some of the topics you can find include enrollment and completion, developmental education, dual enrollment, online education, costs and financial aid, and transfer to 4 year institutions

Provides comparative data on faculty, staff and adjunct salaries for thousands of institutions.

Provides tools and data on NSSE(national survey of student engagement), FSSE(faculty survey of student engagement), and BCSSE (beginning college survey of student engagement)

Provides benchmarking data and best practices on topics related to graduate student education and experience.

Provides research reports and data regarding a number of economic impacts. One of its primary reports is the College Mobility report card which identifies institutions which are engines for economic mobility.

Provides data gathered from 1994 - on the doctoral recipients in science, engineering and technology fields in the areas of educational history, demographic characteristics, and postgraduation plans.