Updated Education Statistics 2022

 

NCES recently released more than 100 data tables for the Digest of Education Statistics, including information on trends and topics such as teacher characteristics and salaries, school staff, district finances, postsecondary enrollment and financial aid, labor market outcomes, and computer and internet use. Selected findings include the following: In 2020-21, average base salaries for full-time public elementary and secondary school teachers with a bachelor's degree as their highest degree ranged from $45,000 for those with 2 or fewer years of full- and part-time teaching experience to $62,400 for those with over 20 years of full- and part-time teaching experience. Overall, the average base salary for these teachers was $52,500 (data in current dollars; table 211.30). Across the 530 school districts that enrolled more than 15,000 students in fall 2021, current expenditures per pupil averaged $12,752 in 2019–20, and total Title I allocations per child in poverty averaged $2,178 in federal fiscal year 2022 (table 215.20). Among these school districts, New York City had the highest enrollment of 859,514 students in fall 2021. New York City received a total revenue of $34.8 billion in 2019–20 and a total of $0.8 billion in Title I allocations in federal fiscal year 2022 (data are in current dollars; table 215.30). In fall 2021, about 66.6 percent of all staff employed in public elementary and secondary education systems were school administrative and instructional staff. This was comprised of 48.5 percent of staff who were teachers; 12.8 percent who were instructional aides; and the rest who were principals and assistant principals, guidance counselors, and librarians (table 213.10). In 2007, about 605,000 graduate students were enrolled in research-based programs in engineering, natural and social sciences, mathematics and computer sciences, and selected health fields. In 2021, about 760,000 graduate students were enrolled in these programs. In the field of computer sciences, 48,200 graduate students were enrolled in a research-based program in 2007 and 122,000 were enrolled in 2021 (table 311.90). In 2021–22, undergraduate tuition and required fees for full-time students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions averaged $9,596 for in-state students in public 4-year institutions, $27,457 for out-of-state students in public 4-year institutions, and $34,041 for all students in private 4-year institutions (table 330.20). For public institutions whose undergraduate tuition and required fees for full-time students were among the highest (90th percentile), the average tuition and required fees were $7,382 in 2000–01 and $14,070 in 2021–22. For private nonprofit institutions whose undergraduate tuition and required fees for full-time students were among the highest (90th percentile), the average tuition and required fees were $39,514 in 2000–01 and $59,020 in 2021–22 (all data are in constant 2021–22 dollars; table 330.30). In 2011-12, the expenditures for all educational institutions were $1.1 trillion, which was 7.3 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). Ten years later, in 2021-22, the expenditures for all educational institutions were $1.6 trillion, which was 7.0 percent of the GDP (All data are in current dollars; table 106.10). The Digest is a comprehensive statistical reference covering the broad field of American education, from early childhood through graduate school. It includes data from nearly 100 sources—both government and private—and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by NCES. Digest tables are the foundation of many NCES reports, including the congressionally mandated Condition of Education and the Equity in Education Dashboard. Digest tables are continuously updated and released throughout the year. To view the latest versions of all Digest tables, please visit the “Most Current Digest Tables” page.