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Data from opp_insights_colleges that is restricted to 4-year, not-for-profit colleges.

Source: R/data-opp_insights_colleges_4year.R
opp_insights_colleges_4year.Rd

Data from opp_insights_colleges that is restricted to 4-year, not-for-profit colleges.

Usage

opp_insights_colleges_4year

Format

A dataframe with 1285 rows and 26 variables

super_opeid

Numeric, a college or university identifier constructed by the Opportunity Insights team based on tax records. It is similar but not identical to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education ID (OPEID) and different from the ID in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

name

Character vector, college name

region

Factor, with levels 1 (Northeast), 2 (Midwest), 3 (South), 4 (West)

state

Character vector, two letter state ID

tier_name

Character vector, selectivity and type of college with 8 values, Ivy Plus, Other elite schools (private and public), Highly selective public, Highly selective private, Selective public, Selective private, Nonselective 4-year public, Nonselective 4-year private, Two-year (public and private not-for-profit), Four-year for-profit, Two-year for-profit

type

Factor with 3 levels, public, private non-profit, for-profit

exp_instr_pc_2013

Numeric, instructional expenditures per student in 2013

ipeds_enrollment_2013

Numeric, total undergraduate enrollment in Fall 2013

sticker_price_2013

Numeric, average annual cost of attendance in 2013

scorecard_netprice_2013

Numeric, net annual cost of attendance for bottom income quintile in 2013

grad_rate_150_p_2013

Numeric, percentage of students graduating within 150% of normal time in 2013

avgfacsal_2013

Numeric, average faculty salary in 2013

sat_avg_2013

Numeric, average SAT scores (scaled to 1600) in 2013

endowment_pc_2000

endowment assets per student in 2000

mr_kq5_pq1

Numeric, mobility rate, top 20% of the income distribution

mr_ktop1_pq1

Numeric, mobility rate, top 1% of the income distribution

par_median

Numeric, median parent household income

par_q1

Numeric, fraction of parents in first (bottom) income quintile

par_q2

Numeric, fraction of parents in second income quintile

par_q3

Numeric, fraction of parents in third income quintile

par_q4

Numeric, fraction of parents in fourth income quintile

par_q5

Numeric, fraction of parents in fifth income quintile

par_top5pc

Numeric, fraction of parents in top 5% of income distribution

par_top1pc

Numeric, fraction of parents in top 1% of income distribution

k_median

Numeric, median child individual earnings in 2014 (at age 34)

k_top5pc

Numeric, fraction of children in top 5% of income distribution

k_top1pc

Numeric, fraction of children in top 1% of income distribution

Source

Tables mrc_table2.csv and mrc_table10.csv from https://opportunityinsights.org/data/

References

Chetty, Raj, et al. "Income segregation and intergenerational mobility across colleges in the United States." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 135.3 (2020): 1567-1633.