LibGuides: Education Resources for Research: Data

MSU Specific Information

Enrollment & End of Term Reports
The Registrar's Office posts statistics about students and their grades. Information available back to 1996.
The Office of Planning & Budgets
Information about the university budget, faculty, courses, degrees conferred, students, and credit hours.
Finding Info About MSU
comprehensive guide

Statistical Databases

Roper iPoll
public opinion data
Social Explorer
Create maps and reports from census stats
PolicyMap
A mapping application that displays data in interactive maps, tables, charts, reports and through a unique analytic tool.

Update: Education Statistics

The Trump Administration's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education has direct effects on the education data and research we depend on. Several of the resources recommended below are either shells of their former selves or no longer exist. I am leaving them linked in the interest of posterity at this point in time. However, be aware that the following are no longer up to date sources they once were:

What Works Clearinghouse
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Digest of Education Statistics
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (often referred to as "The Nation's Report Card")
- Common Core of Data
- Schools & Staffing Survey
- Digest of Education Statistics

US Education Statistics

Michigan Department of Education
tons of analyses readily available
Michigan K-12 School Districts Ranked by Finances
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
the place to get statistics
Digest of Education Statistics (from NCES)
National Assessment of Educational Progress (from NCES)
stats in content areas
What Works Clearinghouse
reviews of research so educators can make evidence-based decisions
Common Core of Data (from NCES)
K-12 stats
Schools & Staffing Survey (from NCES)
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
the place for higher ed stats
Open Doors
data on international scholars & students at US higher ed institutions
K-12 School Shooting Database

Finding Education Data During Trump's Second Term

Finding Education Data
link to the education data tab on the Finding Government Data During the 2025 Presidential Transition

International Education Statistics

World Bank Education Data
OECD iLibrary Statistics
OECD Statistical Data cover the broad range of OECD activities including finance, sustainable development, social issues, food and agriculture, education, employment, information technology, nuclear energy, transport, and much more.

International Data from NCES
Education Policy and Data Center
UNESCO Education & LIteracy
World Higher Education Database
partnership between the International Association of Universities and UNESCO