Data Visualizations

June 30, 2026

Biology has always been the gateway science. It is the major that leads to medical school, to graduate research, to careers in biotechnology and public health, and increasingly to...

June 26, 2026

Aerospace engineering is one of the most specialized and demanding undergraduate disciplines in the American university system. The field produces the engineers who design commercial aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, satellites,...

June 26, 2026

Nursing is one of the largest undergraduate majors in the United States, and the largest single field within the health professions, the category that trails only business among all...

June 18, 2026

Foreign language study is one of the most globally oriented dimensions of an undergraduate education. Whether a student is pursuing Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Russian, or the...

June 18, 2026

A new analysis of more than 300 selective colleges ranks the top undergraduate feeder institutions to elite MBA programs, by raw volume, by enrollment size, and among schools that...

June 12, 2026

Among occupations with above-average AI exposure, 264 are growing while 108 are declining. The correlation between AI exposure and employment growth is near zero. For students and career changers,...

June 12, 2026

An analysis of 300-plus selective colleges identifies the top feeder institutions to elite medical programs three ways: by raw numbers, by enrollment size, and among schools that outperform their...

June 4, 2026

At forty schools, more than half the incoming class is filled before regular decisions go out, and the trend is accelerating. At Davidson College this year, 69 percent of...

June 4, 2026

Students from 28 states are represented at elite schools at less than half their expected share. For applicants from those states, geography may be the most underused advantage in...

May 28, 2026

At some elite schools, transfer applicants face better odds than freshmen. At others the door is essentially closed. Six years of data show which is which. Plenty of students...

May 28, 2026

Most families researching the University of California system fixate on one number, the campus acceptance rate. UCLA admits 9 percent of applicants. UC Merced admits 94 percent. That spread...

May 22, 2026

An analysis of 1,202 four-year institutions reveals that prestige commands a real ROI premium. Dozens of overlooked colleges deliver even greater returns for the investment. Every spring, as acceptance...

May 14, 2026

It’s one of the few admissions variables you can actually control. Most families don’t know which schools are watching. Consider the awkward position a Tulane admissions reader sits in...

May 14, 2026

Picture a high school senior in San Jose hitting submit on a UC application in late November. They’re one of hundreds of thousands doing the same thing that week,...

May 8, 2026

Why graduate programs went digital faster than undergraduate ones, and what that means for the working adults who dominate them. If undergraduate education has been wading into online learning...

May 8, 2026

Sticker prices keep climbing, institutional aid keeps growing, and the gap families face keeps widening. The average sticker price at a selective American college (tuition, fees, room, board, and...

May 1, 2026

At 331 colleges, low-income students graduate at higher rates than their wealthier peers. The data shows where the pattern holds, where it reverses, and what families should ask before...

May 1, 2026

Two Distinct Forces Are Shrinking the Labor Market, and They Require Different Responses Of 744 occupations in our dataset, 228 are projected to decline over the next decade. The...

April 30, 2026

Investment banking continues to be one of the most sought-after career paths for ambitious college graduates, offering exceptional compensation packages and accelerated professional development opportunities. Entry-level investment banking analysts...

April 24, 2026

Why the students everyone else is ignoring may hold the strongest admissions hand. If you’re a high school student who lights up over Latin verb conjugations, who reads philosophy...